diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index ea1c7bfa1cc3..e72052964fb5 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -3472,7 +3472,8 @@ static int demote_free_huge_page(struct hstate *h, struct page *page)
 	 * based on pool changes for the demoted page.
 	 */
 	h->max_huge_pages--;
-	target_hstate->max_huge_pages += pages_per_huge_page(h);
+	target_hstate->max_huge_pages +=
+		pages_per_huge_page(h) / pages_per_huge_page(target_hstate);
 
 	return rc;
 }