diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 1e76730aac0d..8a85f3f53446 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -639,11 +639,11 @@ static long hugetlbfs_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset,
 		mutex_unlock(&hugetlb_fault_mutex_table[hash]);
 
 		/*
-		 * page_put due to reference from alloc_huge_page()
 		 * unlock_page because locked by add_to_page_cache()
+		 * page_put due to reference from alloc_huge_page()
 		 */
-		put_page(page);
 		unlock_page(page);
+		put_page(page);
 	}
 
 	if (!(mode & FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE) && offset + len > inode->i_size)