diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 2c5c9ee4220d..a4dbba8965f3 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -716,6 +716,47 @@ unsigned long hugetlb_total_pages(void)
 	return nr_huge_pages * (HPAGE_SIZE / PAGE_SIZE);
 }
 
+static int hugetlb_acct_memory(long delta)
+{
+	int ret = -ENOMEM;
+
+	spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
+	/*
+	 * When cpuset is configured, it breaks the strict hugetlb page
+	 * reservation as the accounting is done on a global variable. Such
+	 * reservation is completely rubbish in the presence of cpuset because
+	 * the reservation is not checked against page availability for the
+	 * current cpuset. Application can still potentially OOM'ed by kernel
+	 * with lack of free htlb page in cpuset that the task is in.
+	 * Attempt to enforce strict accounting with cpuset is almost
+	 * impossible (or too ugly) because cpuset is too fluid that
+	 * task or memory node can be dynamically moved between cpusets.
+	 *
+	 * The change of semantics for shared hugetlb mapping with cpuset is
+	 * undesirable. However, in order to preserve some of the semantics,
+	 * we fall back to check against current free page availability as
+	 * a best attempt and hopefully to minimize the impact of changing
+	 * semantics that cpuset has.
+	 */
+	if (delta > 0) {
+		if (gather_surplus_pages(delta) < 0)
+			goto out;
+
+		if (delta > cpuset_mems_nr(free_huge_pages_node)) {
+			return_unused_surplus_pages(delta);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	ret = 0;
+	if (delta < 0)
+		return_unused_surplus_pages((unsigned long) -delta);
+
+out:
+	spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * We cannot handle pagefaults against hugetlb pages at all.  They cause
  * handle_mm_fault() to try to instantiate regular-sized pages in the
@@ -1248,47 +1289,6 @@ static long region_truncate(struct list_head *head, long end)
 	return chg;
 }
 
-static int hugetlb_acct_memory(long delta)
-{
-	int ret = -ENOMEM;
-
-	spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
-	/*
-	 * When cpuset is configured, it breaks the strict hugetlb page
-	 * reservation as the accounting is done on a global variable. Such
-	 * reservation is completely rubbish in the presence of cpuset because
-	 * the reservation is not checked against page availability for the
-	 * current cpuset. Application can still potentially OOM'ed by kernel
-	 * with lack of free htlb page in cpuset that the task is in.
-	 * Attempt to enforce strict accounting with cpuset is almost
-	 * impossible (or too ugly) because cpuset is too fluid that
-	 * task or memory node can be dynamically moved between cpusets.
-	 *
-	 * The change of semantics for shared hugetlb mapping with cpuset is
-	 * undesirable. However, in order to preserve some of the semantics,
-	 * we fall back to check against current free page availability as
-	 * a best attempt and hopefully to minimize the impact of changing
-	 * semantics that cpuset has.
-	 */
-	if (delta > 0) {
-		if (gather_surplus_pages(delta) < 0)
-			goto out;
-
-		if (delta > cpuset_mems_nr(free_huge_pages_node)) {
-			return_unused_surplus_pages(delta);
-			goto out;
-		}
-	}
-
-	ret = 0;
-	if (delta < 0)
-		return_unused_surplus_pages((unsigned long) -delta);
-
-out:
-	spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 int hugetlb_reserve_pages(struct inode *inode, long from, long to)
 {
 	long ret, chg;