diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 785772845795..885017e26fd4 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1992,7 +1992,8 @@ int dissolve_free_hugetlb_folio(struct folio *folio)
 		if (h->surplus_huge_pages_node[folio_nid(folio)])
 			adjust_surplus = true;
 		remove_hugetlb_folio(h, folio, adjust_surplus);
-		h->max_huge_pages--;
+		if (!adjust_surplus)
+			h->max_huge_pages--;
 		spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
 
 		/*
@@ -2012,7 +2013,8 @@ int dissolve_free_hugetlb_folio(struct folio *folio)
 			if (rc) {
 				spin_lock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
 				add_hugetlb_folio(h, folio, adjust_surplus);
-				h->max_huge_pages++;
+				if (!adjust_surplus)
+					h->max_huge_pages++;
 				goto out;
 			}
 		} else {