diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index e304326dba63..5eab627a170b 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1792,7 +1792,6 @@ static bool __prep_compound_gigantic_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order,
 		} else {
 			VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page_count(p), p);
 		}
-		set_page_count(p, 0);
 		set_compound_head(p, page);
 	}
 	atomic_set(compound_mapcount_ptr(page), -1);