diff --git a/mm/secretmem.c b/mm/secretmem.c
index 60137305bc20..b59350daffe3 100644
--- a/mm/secretmem.c
+++ b/mm/secretmem.c
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ static vm_fault_t secretmem_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 		__folio_mark_uptodate(folio);
 		err = filemap_add_folio(mapping, folio, offset, gfp);
 		if (unlikely(err)) {
-			folio_put(folio);
 			/*
 			 * If a split of large page was required, it
 			 * already happened when we marked the page invalid
 			 * which guarantees that this call won't fail
 			 */
 			set_direct_map_default_noflush(folio_page(folio, 0));
+			folio_put(folio);
 			if (err == -EEXIST)
 				goto retry;