diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index c1c1d6d..02fc6b1 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -901,9 +901,23 @@
 			}
 
 			if (unlikely(is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))) {
-				unmap_hugepage_range(vma, start, end, NULL);
-				zap_work -= (end - start) /
+				/*
+				 * It is undesirable to test vma->vm_file as it
+				 * should be non-null for valid hugetlb area.
+				 * However, vm_file will be NULL in the error
+				 * cleanup path of do_mmap_pgoff. When
+				 * hugetlbfs ->mmap method fails,
+				 * do_mmap_pgoff() nullifies vma->vm_file
+				 * before calling this function to clean up.
+				 * Since no pte has actually been setup, it is
+				 * safe to do nothing in this case.
+				 */
+				if (vma->vm_file) {
+					unmap_hugepage_range(vma, start, end, NULL);
+					zap_work -= (end - start) /
 					pages_per_huge_page(hstate_vma(vma));
+				}
+
 				start = end;
 			} else
 				start = unmap_page_range(*tlbp, vma,