diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index b1525ae1bf1f..8ea8e3d2f814 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -742,13 +742,20 @@ void hugetlb_fix_reserve_counts(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct hugepage_subpool *spool = subpool_inode(inode);
 	long rsv_adjust;
+	bool reserved = false;
 
 	rsv_adjust = hugepage_subpool_get_pages(spool, 1);
-	if (rsv_adjust) {
+	if (rsv_adjust > 0) {
 		struct hstate *h = hstate_inode(inode);
 
-		hugetlb_acct_memory(h, 1);
+		if (!hugetlb_acct_memory(h, 1))
+			reserved = true;
+	} else if (!rsv_adjust) {
+		reserved = true;
 	}
+
+	if (!reserved)
+		pr_warn("hugetlb: Huge Page Reserved count may go negative.\n");
 }
 
 /*