diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 92155db888b9..4c97c174e2e1 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1942,6 +1942,15 @@ retry:
 			lock_page(page);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * If we are going to COW a private mapping later, we examine the
+	 * pending reservations for this page now. This will ensure that
+	 * any allocations necessary to record that reservation occur outside
+	 * the spinlock.
+	 */
+	if (write_access && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED))
+		vma_needs_reservation(h, vma, address);
+
 	spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
 	size = i_size_read(mapping->host) >> huge_page_shift(h);
 	if (idx >= size)
@@ -1978,6 +1987,7 @@ int hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	pte_t *ptep;
 	pte_t entry;
 	int ret;
+	struct page *pagecache_page = NULL;
 	static DEFINE_MUTEX(hugetlb_instantiation_mutex);
 	struct hstate *h = hstate_vma(vma);
 
@@ -2000,19 +2010,35 @@ int hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 	ret = 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * If we are going to COW the mapping later, we examine the pending
+	 * reservations for this page now. This will ensure that any
+	 * allocations necessary to record that reservation occur outside the
+	 * spinlock. For private mappings, we also lookup the pagecache
+	 * page now as it is used to determine if a reservation has been
+	 * consumed.
+	 */
+	if (write_access && !pte_write(entry)) {
+		vma_needs_reservation(h, vma, address);
+
+		if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED))
+			pagecache_page = hugetlbfs_pagecache_page(h,
+								vma, address);
+	}
+
 	spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
 	/* Check for a racing update before calling hugetlb_cow */
 	if (likely(pte_same(entry, huge_ptep_get(ptep))))
-		if (write_access && !pte_write(entry)) {
-			struct page *page;
-			page = hugetlbfs_pagecache_page(h, vma, address);
-			ret = hugetlb_cow(mm, vma, address, ptep, entry, page);
-			if (page) {
-				unlock_page(page);
-				put_page(page);
-			}
-		}
+		if (write_access && !pte_write(entry))
+			ret = hugetlb_cow(mm, vma, address, ptep, entry,
+							pagecache_page);
 	spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock);
+
+	if (pagecache_page) {
+		unlock_page(pagecache_page);
+		put_page(pagecache_page);
+	}
+
 	mutex_unlock(&hugetlb_instantiation_mutex);
 
 	return ret;