diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 8d9b560a0fec..a82890b46a36 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -3615,7 +3615,7 @@ long memfd_pin_folios(struct file *memfd, loff_t start, loff_t end,
 	pgoff_t start_idx, end_idx, next_idx;
 	struct folio *folio = NULL;
 	struct folio_batch fbatch;
-	struct hstate *h = NULL;
+	struct hstate *h;
 	long ret = -EINVAL;
 
 	if (start < 0 || start > end || !max_folios)
@@ -3659,8 +3659,6 @@ long memfd_pin_folios(struct file *memfd, loff_t start, loff_t end,
 							     &fbatch);
 			if (folio) {
 				folio_put(folio);
-				if (h)
-					folio_put(folio);
 				folio = NULL;
 			}
 
diff --git a/mm/memfd.c b/mm/memfd.c
index bcb131db829d..c17c3ea701a1 100644
--- a/mm/memfd.c
+++ b/mm/memfd.c
@@ -89,13 +89,12 @@ struct folio *memfd_alloc_folio(struct file *memfd, pgoff_t idx)
 						    numa_node_id(),
 						    NULL,
 						    gfp_mask);
-		if (folio && folio_try_get(folio)) {
+		if (folio) {
 			err = hugetlb_add_to_page_cache(folio,
 							memfd->f_mapping,
 							idx);
 			if (err) {
 				folio_put(folio);
-				free_huge_folio(folio);
 				return ERR_PTR(err);
 			}
 			folio_unlock(folio);