diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index a0513c444446..cef70d6e1657 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -542,6 +542,11 @@ static inline spinlock_t *huge_pte_lockptr(struct hstate *h,
 
 void hugetlb_report_usage(struct seq_file *m, struct mm_struct *mm);
 
+static inline void hugetlb_count_init(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+	atomic_long_set(&mm->hugetlb_usage, 0);
+}
+
 static inline void hugetlb_count_add(long l, struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	atomic_long_add(l, &mm->hugetlb_usage);
@@ -711,6 +716,10 @@ static inline spinlock_t *huge_pte_lockptr(struct hstate *h,
 	return &mm->page_table_lock;
 }
 
+static inline void hugetlb_count_init(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+}
+
 static inline void hugetlb_report_usage(struct seq_file *f, struct mm_struct *m)
 {
 }
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 50f37d5afb32..cf2cebd214b9 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1028,6 +1028,7 @@ static struct mm_struct *mm_init(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *p,
 	mm->pmd_huge_pte = NULL;
 #endif
 	mm_init_uprobes_state(mm);
+	hugetlb_count_init(mm);
 
 	if (current->mm) {
 		mm->flags = current->mm->flags & MMF_INIT_MASK;