diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index f6347ec4fd0a..5bf6468a8862 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2647,10 +2647,11 @@ retry_avoidcopy:
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock);
 	mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(mm, mmun_start, mmun_end);
-	/* Caller expects lock to be held */
-	spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
 	page_cache_release(new_page);
 	page_cache_release(old_page);
+
+	/* Caller expects lock to be held */
+	spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
 	return 0;
 }