diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 8b171f866d0a..cf834bb7f820 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1859,50 +1859,93 @@ static void update_and_free_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h, struct folio *folio,
 		schedule_work(&free_hpage_work);
 }
 
-static void update_and_free_pages_bulk(struct hstate *h, struct list_head *list)
+static void bulk_vmemmap_restore_error(struct hstate *h,
+					struct list_head *folio_list,
+					struct list_head *non_hvo_folios)
 {
 	struct folio *folio, *t_folio;
-	bool clear_dtor = false;
 
-	/*
-	 * First allocate required vmemmmap (if necessary) for all folios on
-	 * list.  If vmemmap can not be allocated, we can not free folio to
-	 * lower level allocator, so add back as hugetlb surplus page.
-	 * add_hugetlb_folio() removes the page from THIS list.
-	 * Use clear_dtor to note if vmemmap was successfully allocated for
-	 * ANY page on the list.
-	 */
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(folio, t_folio, list, lru) {
-		if (folio_test_hugetlb_vmemmap_optimized(folio)) {
+	if (!list_empty(non_hvo_folios)) {
+		/*
+		 * Free any restored hugetlb pages so that restore of the
+		 * entire list can be retried.
+		 * The idea is that in the common case of ENOMEM errors freeing
+		 * hugetlb pages with vmemmap we will free up memory so that we
+		 * can allocate vmemmap for more hugetlb pages.
+		 */
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(folio, t_folio, non_hvo_folios, lru) {
+			list_del(&folio->lru);
+			spin_lock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
+			__clear_hugetlb_destructor(h, folio);
+			spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
+			update_and_free_hugetlb_folio(h, folio, false);
+			cond_resched();
+		}
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * In the case where there are no folios which can be
+		 * immediately freed, we loop through the list trying to restore
+		 * vmemmap individually in the hope that someone elsewhere may
+		 * have done something to cause success (such as freeing some
+		 * memory).  If unable to restore a hugetlb page, the hugetlb
+		 * page is made a surplus page and removed from the list.
+		 * If are able to restore vmemmap and free one hugetlb page, we
+		 * quit processing the list to retry the bulk operation.
+		 */
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(folio, t_folio, folio_list, lru)
 			if (hugetlb_vmemmap_restore(h, &folio->page)) {
+				list_del(&folio->lru);
 				spin_lock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
 				add_hugetlb_folio(h, folio, true);
 				spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
-			} else
-				clear_dtor = true;
-		}
+			} else {
+				list_del(&folio->lru);
+				spin_lock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
+				__clear_hugetlb_destructor(h, folio);
+				spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
+				update_and_free_hugetlb_folio(h, folio, false);
+				cond_resched();
+				break;
+			}
 	}
+}
+
+static void update_and_free_pages_bulk(struct hstate *h,
+						struct list_head *folio_list)
+{
+	long ret;
+	struct folio *folio, *t_folio;
+	LIST_HEAD(non_hvo_folios);
 
 	/*
-	 * If vmemmmap allocation was performed on any folio above, take lock
-	 * to clear destructor of all folios on list.  This avoids the need to
-	 * lock/unlock for each individual folio.
-	 * The assumption is vmemmap allocation was performed on all or none
-	 * of the folios on the list.  This is true expect in VERY rare cases.
+	 * First allocate required vmemmmap (if necessary) for all folios.
+	 * Carefully handle errors and free up any available hugetlb pages
+	 * in an effort to make forward progress.
 	 */
-	if (clear_dtor) {
+retry:
+	ret = hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folios(h, folio_list, &non_hvo_folios);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		bulk_vmemmap_restore_error(h, folio_list, &non_hvo_folios);
+		goto retry;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * At this point, list should be empty, ret should be >= 0 and there
+	 * should only be pages on the non_hvo_folios list.
+	 * Do note that the non_hvo_folios list could be empty.
+	 * Without HVO enabled, ret will be 0 and there is no need to call
+	 * __clear_hugetlb_destructor as this was done previously.
+	 */
+	VM_WARN_ON(!list_empty(folio_list));
+	VM_WARN_ON(ret < 0);
+	if (!list_empty(&non_hvo_folios) && ret) {
 		spin_lock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
-		list_for_each_entry(folio, list, lru)
+		list_for_each_entry(folio, &non_hvo_folios, lru)
 			__clear_hugetlb_destructor(h, folio);
 		spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Free folios back to low level allocators.  vmemmap and destructors
-	 * were taken care of above, so update_and_free_hugetlb_folio will
-	 * not need to take hugetlb lock.
-	 */
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(folio, t_folio, list, lru) {
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(folio, t_folio, &non_hvo_folios, lru) {
 		update_and_free_hugetlb_folio(h, folio, false);
 		cond_resched();
 	}
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
index 4558b814ffab..77f44b81ff01 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
@@ -480,6 +480,44 @@ int hugetlb_vmemmap_restore(const struct hstate *h, struct page *head)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/**
+ * hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folios - restore vmemmap for every folio on the list.
+ * @h:			hstate.
+ * @folio_list:		list of folios.
+ * @non_hvo_folios:	Output list of folios for which vmemmap exists.
+ *
+ * Return: number of folios for which vmemmap was restored, or an error code
+ *		if an error was encountered restoring vmemmap for a folio.
+ *		Folios that have vmemmap are moved to the non_hvo_folios
+ *		list.  Processing of entries stops when the first error is
+ *		encountered. The folio that experienced the error and all
+ *		non-processed folios will remain on folio_list.
+ */
+long hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folios(const struct hstate *h,
+					struct list_head *folio_list,
+					struct list_head *non_hvo_folios)
+{
+	struct folio *folio, *t_folio;
+	long restored = 0;
+	long ret = 0;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(folio, t_folio, folio_list, lru) {
+		if (folio_test_hugetlb_vmemmap_optimized(folio)) {
+			ret = hugetlb_vmemmap_restore(h, &folio->page);
+			if (ret)
+				break;
+			restored++;
+		}
+
+		/* Add non-optimized folios to output list */
+		list_move(&folio->lru, non_hvo_folios);
+	}
+
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = restored;
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /* Return true iff a HugeTLB whose vmemmap should and can be optimized. */
 static bool vmemmap_should_optimize(const struct hstate *h, const struct page *head)
 {
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.h b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.h
index c512e388dbb4..a0dcf49f46ba 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.h
+++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.h
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
 int hugetlb_vmemmap_restore(const struct hstate *h, struct page *head);
+long hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folios(const struct hstate *h,
+					struct list_head *folio_list,
+					struct list_head *non_hvo_folios);
 void hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize(const struct hstate *h, struct page *head);
 void hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize_folios(struct hstate *h, struct list_head *folio_list);
 
@@ -45,6 +48,14 @@ static inline int hugetlb_vmemmap_restore(const struct hstate *h, struct page *h
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static long hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folios(const struct hstate *h,
+					struct list_head *folio_list,
+					struct list_head *non_hvo_folios)
+{
+	list_splice_init(folio_list, non_hvo_folios);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline void hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize(const struct hstate *h, struct page *head)
 {
 }
