diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 30d35f24d7a5..5d126853e239 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3665,10 +3665,10 @@ struct page *rmqueue(struct zone *preferred_zone,
 	 * allocate greater than order-1 page units with __GFP_NOFAIL.
 	 */
 	WARN_ON_ONCE((gfp_flags & __GFP_NOFAIL) && (order > 1));
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&zone->lock, flags);
 
 	do {
 		page = NULL;
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&zone->lock, flags);
 		/*
 		 * order-0 request can reach here when the pcplist is skipped
 		 * due to non-CMA allocation context. HIGHATOMIC area is
@@ -3680,15 +3680,15 @@ struct page *rmqueue(struct zone *preferred_zone,
 			if (page)
 				trace_mm_page_alloc_zone_locked(page, order, migratetype);
 		}
-		if (!page)
+		if (!page) {
 			page = __rmqueue(zone, order, migratetype, alloc_flags);
-	} while (page && check_new_pages(page, order));
-	if (!page)
-		goto failed;
-
-	__mod_zone_freepage_state(zone, -(1 << order),
-				  get_pcppage_migratetype(page));
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lock, flags);
+			if (!page)
+				goto failed;
+		}
+		__mod_zone_freepage_state(zone, -(1 << order),
+					  get_pcppage_migratetype(page));
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lock, flags);
+	} while (check_new_pages(page, order));
 
 	__count_zid_vm_events(PGALLOC, page_zonenum(page), 1 << order);
 	zone_statistics(preferred_zone, zone, 1);