diff --git a/mm/secretmem.c b/mm/secretmem.c
index 4bedf491a8a7..f64ea1cde2f9 100644
--- a/mm/secretmem.c
+++ b/mm/secretmem.c
@@ -84,13 +84,13 @@ retry:
 		__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(page);
+			folio_put(folio);
 			if (err == -EEXIST)
 				goto retry;