diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index cd434f0ec47f..3cb1f59d1b53 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -2621,7 +2621,8 @@ static void __vunmap(const void *addr, int deallocate_pages)
 			__free_pages(page, page_order);
 			cond_resched();
 		}
-		atomic_long_sub(area->nr_pages, &nr_vmalloc_pages);
+		if (!(area->flags & VM_MAP_PUT_PAGES))
+			atomic_long_sub(area->nr_pages, &nr_vmalloc_pages);
 
 		kvfree(area->pages);
 	}