diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index da027a3307af..cb134e6a9fee 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -464,6 +464,8 @@ void reset_vma_resv_huge_pages(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 /* Returns true if the VMA has associated reserve pages */
 static int vma_has_reserves(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
+	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_NORESERVE)
+		return 0;
 	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE)
 		return 1;
 	if (is_vma_resv_set(vma, HPAGE_RESV_OWNER))