diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index f826dc681081..fbd278a2e9f6 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -6271,6 +6271,10 @@ static vm_fault_t hugetlb_no_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
 							VM_UFFD_MISSING);
 		}
 
+		ret = vmf_anon_prepare(vmf);
+		if (unlikely(ret))
+			goto out;
+
 		folio = alloc_hugetlb_folio(vma, vmf->address, 0);
 		if (IS_ERR(folio)) {
 			/*
@@ -6310,15 +6314,12 @@ static vm_fault_t hugetlb_no_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
 				restore_reserve_on_error(h, vma, vmf->address,
 							folio);
 				folio_put(folio);
+				ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 				goto out;
 			}
 			new_pagecache_folio = true;
 		} else {
 			folio_lock(folio);
-
-			ret = vmf_anon_prepare(vmf);
-			if (unlikely(ret))
-				goto backout_unlocked;
 			anon_rmap = 1;
 		}
 	} else {