diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index 98c47c394b89..e4697539b665 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -692,6 +692,9 @@ struct folio *alloc_hugetlb_folio(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 struct folio *alloc_hugetlb_folio_nodemask(struct hstate *h, int preferred_nid,
 				nodemask_t *nmask, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 				bool allow_alloc_fallback);
+struct folio *alloc_hugetlb_folio_reserve(struct hstate *h, int preferred_nid,
+					  nodemask_t *nmask, gfp_t gfp_mask);
+
 int hugetlb_add_to_page_cache(struct folio *folio, struct address_space *mapping,
 			pgoff_t idx);
 void restore_reserve_on_error(struct hstate *h, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
@@ -1059,6 +1062,13 @@ static inline struct folio *alloc_hugetlb_folio(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static inline struct folio *
+alloc_hugetlb_folio_reserve(struct hstate *h, int preferred_nid,
+			    nodemask_t *nmask, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 static inline struct folio *
 alloc_hugetlb_folio_nodemask(struct hstate *h, int preferred_nid,
 			nodemask_t *nmask, gfp_t gfp_mask,
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index def84d8bcf2d..190fa05635f4 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2390,6 +2390,23 @@ struct folio *alloc_buddy_hugetlb_folio_with_mpol(struct hstate *h,
 	return folio;
 }
 
+struct folio *alloc_hugetlb_folio_reserve(struct hstate *h, int preferred_nid,
+		nodemask_t *nmask, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+	struct folio *folio;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
+	folio = dequeue_hugetlb_folio_nodemask(h, gfp_mask, preferred_nid,
+					       nmask);
+	if (folio) {
+		VM_BUG_ON(!h->resv_huge_pages);
+		h->resv_huge_pages--;
+	}
+
+	spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
+	return folio;
+}
+
 /* folio migration callback function */
 struct folio *alloc_hugetlb_folio_nodemask(struct hstate *h, int preferred_nid,
 		nodemask_t *nmask, gfp_t gfp_mask, bool allow_alloc_fallback)
diff --git a/mm/memfd.c b/mm/memfd.c
index e7b7c5294d59..bfe0e7189a37 100644
--- a/mm/memfd.c
+++ b/mm/memfd.c
@@ -82,11 +82,10 @@ struct folio *memfd_alloc_folio(struct file *memfd, pgoff_t idx)
 		gfp_mask = htlb_alloc_mask(hstate_file(memfd));
 		gfp_mask &= ~(__GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_MOVABLE);
 
-		folio = alloc_hugetlb_folio_nodemask(hstate_file(memfd),
-						     numa_node_id(),
-						     NULL,
-						     gfp_mask,
-						     false);
+		folio = alloc_hugetlb_folio_reserve(hstate_file(memfd),
+						    numa_node_id(),
+						    NULL,
+						    gfp_mask);
 		if (folio && folio_try_get(folio)) {
 			err = hugetlb_add_to_page_cache(folio,
 							memfd->f_mapping,