page = dequeue_huge_page_node(h, nid);
        spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
 
-       if (!page)
+       if (!page) {
                page = alloc_buddy_huge_page(h, nid);
+               if (page) {
+                       spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
+                       list_move(&page->lru, &h->hugepage_activelist);
+                       spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
+               }
+       }
 
        return page;
 }
                        hugepage_subpool_put_pages(spool, chg);
                        return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
                }
+               spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
+               list_move(&page->lru, &h->hugepage_activelist);
+               spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
        }
 
        set_page_private(page, (unsigned long)spool);