chg = vma_needs_reservation(h, vma, addr);
        if (chg < 0)
                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-       if (chg)
-               if (hugepage_subpool_get_pages(spool, chg))
+       if (chg || avoid_reserve)
+               if (hugepage_subpool_get_pages(spool, 1))
                        return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
 
        ret = hugetlb_cgroup_charge_cgroup(idx, pages_per_huge_page(h), &h_cg);
        if (ret) {
-               hugepage_subpool_put_pages(spool, chg);
+               if (chg || avoid_reserve)
+                       hugepage_subpool_put_pages(spool, 1);
                return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
        }
        spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
                        hugetlb_cgroup_uncharge_cgroup(idx,
                                                       pages_per_huge_page(h),
                                                       h_cg);
-                       hugepage_subpool_put_pages(spool, chg);
+                       if (chg || avoid_reserve)
+                               hugepage_subpool_put_pages(spool, 1);
                        return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
                }
                spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);