diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 1e85a7ac0217..b7bc7868c7b5 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -154,10 +154,12 @@ hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 			return addr;
 	}
 
-	start_addr = mm->free_area_cache;
-
-	if (len <= mm->cached_hole_size)
+	if (len > mm->cached_hole_size)
+		start_addr = mm->free_area_cache;
+	else {
 		start_addr = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
+		mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
+	}
 
 full_search:
 	addr = ALIGN(start_addr, huge_page_size(h));
@@ -171,13 +173,18 @@ hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 			 */
 			if (start_addr != TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE) {
 				start_addr = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
+				mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
 				goto full_search;
 			}
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
 
-		if (!vma || addr + len <= vma->vm_start)
+		if (!vma || addr + len <= vma->vm_start) {
+			mm->free_area_cache = addr + len;
 			return addr;
+		}
+		if (addr + mm->cached_hole_size < vma->vm_start)
+			mm->cached_hole_size = vma->vm_start - addr;
 		addr = ALIGN(vma->vm_end, huge_page_size(h));
 	}
 }