diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 39f86bbcb07e..13dc0a455400 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -443,11 +443,8 @@ static int allocate_file_region_entries(struct resv_map *resv,
 
 		spin_lock(&resv->lock);
 
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(rg, trg, &allocated_regions, link) {
-			list_del(&rg->link);
-			list_add(&rg->link, &resv->region_cache);
-			resv->region_cache_count++;
-		}
+		list_splice(&allocated_regions, &resv->region_cache);
+		resv->region_cache_count += to_allocate;
 	}
 
 	return 0;