diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index dc17551d060a..9e755c166cc5 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1407,20 +1407,14 @@ repeat:
 		if (sbinfo->max_blocks) {
 			if (percpu_counter_compare(&sbinfo->used_blocks,
 						sbinfo->max_blocks) >= 0 ||
-			    shmem_acct_block(info->flags)) {
-				spin_unlock(&info->lock);
-				error = -ENOSPC;
-				goto failed;
-			}
+			    shmem_acct_block(info->flags))
+				goto nospace;
 			percpu_counter_inc(&sbinfo->used_blocks);
 			spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 			inode->i_blocks += BLOCKS_PER_PAGE;
 			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-		} else if (shmem_acct_block(info->flags)) {
-			spin_unlock(&info->lock);
-			error = -ENOSPC;
-			goto failed;
-		}
+		} else if (shmem_acct_block(info->flags))
+			goto nospace;
 
 		if (!filepage) {
 			int ret;
@@ -1500,6 +1494,24 @@ done:
 	error = 0;
 	goto out;
 
+nospace:
+	/*
+	 * Perhaps the page was brought in from swap between find_lock_page
+	 * and taking info->lock?  We allow for that at add_to_page_cache_lru,
+	 * but must also avoid reporting a spurious ENOSPC while working on a
+	 * full tmpfs.  (When filepage has been passed in to shmem_getpage, it
+	 * is already in page cache, which prevents this race from occurring.)
+	 */
+	if (!filepage) {
+		struct page *page = find_get_page(mapping, idx);
+		if (page) {
+			spin_unlock(&info->lock);
+			page_cache_release(page);
+			goto repeat;
+		}
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&info->lock);
+	error = -ENOSPC;
 failed:
 	if (*pagep != filepage) {
 		unlock_page(filepage);