diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index fb0d3db162c20fba4dbc4b955cfaa086f6379b7a..5e65b0d405664fb4e7666d7e2241bf366f4d9567 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -620,14 +620,16 @@ static bool remove_inode_single_folio(struct hstate *h, struct inode *inode,
 
 	/*
 	 * If folio is mapped, it was faulted in after being
-	 * unmapped in caller.  Unmap (again) while holding
-	 * the fault mutex.  The mutex will prevent faults
-	 * until we finish removing the folio.
+	 * unmapped in caller or hugetlb_vmdelete_list() skips
+	 * unmapping it due to fail to grab lock.  Unmap (again)
+	 * while holding the fault mutex.  The mutex will prevent
+	 * faults until we finish removing the folio.  Hold folio
+	 * lock to guarantee no concurrent migration.
 	 */
+	folio_lock(folio);
 	if (unlikely(folio_mapped(folio)))
 		hugetlb_unmap_file_folio(h, mapping, folio, index);
 
-	folio_lock(folio);
 	/*
 	 * We must remove the folio from page cache before removing
 	 * the region/ reserve map (hugetlb_unreserve_pages).  In