diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index d24398f56660..48f876101c96 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2493,7 +2493,10 @@ static struct inode *__shmem_get_inode(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 		mapping_set_unevictable(inode->i_mapping);
 	simple_xattrs_init(&info->xattrs);
 	cache_no_acl(inode);
-	mapping_set_large_folios(inode->i_mapping);
+
+	/* Don't consider 'deny' for emergencies and 'force' for testing */
+	if (sbinfo->huge)
+		mapping_set_large_folios(inode->i_mapping);
 
 	switch (mode & S_IFMT) {
 	default: