diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 9295d9d70681..11aa763a3144 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -722,7 +722,6 @@ vm_fault_t do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 			transparent_hugepage_use_zero_page()) {
 		pgtable_t pgtable;
 		struct page *zero_page;
-		bool set;
 		vm_fault_t ret;
 		pgtable = pte_alloc_one(vma->vm_mm);
 		if (unlikely(!pgtable))
@@ -735,25 +734,25 @@ vm_fault_t do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 		}
 		vmf->ptl = pmd_lock(vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd);
 		ret = 0;
-		set = false;
 		if (pmd_none(*vmf->pmd)) {
 			ret = check_stable_address_space(vma->vm_mm);
 			if (ret) {
 				spin_unlock(vmf->ptl);
+				pte_free(vma->vm_mm, pgtable);
 			} else if (userfaultfd_missing(vma)) {
 				spin_unlock(vmf->ptl);
+				pte_free(vma->vm_mm, pgtable);
 				ret = handle_userfault(vmf, VM_UFFD_MISSING);
 				VM_BUG_ON(ret & VM_FAULT_FALLBACK);
 			} else {
 				set_huge_zero_page(pgtable, vma->vm_mm, vma,
 						   haddr, vmf->pmd, zero_page);
 				spin_unlock(vmf->ptl);
-				set = true;
 			}
-		} else
+		} else {
 			spin_unlock(vmf->ptl);
-		if (!set)
 			pte_free(vma->vm_mm, pgtable);
+		}
 		return ret;
 	}
 	gfp = alloc_hugepage_direct_gfpmask(vma);