diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 6bf5e42d560a..519af0045b1c 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -196,7 +196,9 @@ void __delete_from_page_cache(struct page *page, void *shadow)
 	page->mapping = NULL;
 	/* Leave page->index set: truncation lookup relies upon it */
 
-	__dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_PAGES);
+	/* hugetlb pages do not participate in page cache accounting. */
+	if (!PageHuge(page))
+		__dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_PAGES);
 	if (PageSwapBacked(page))
 		__dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_SHMEM);
 	BUG_ON(page_mapped(page));
@@ -483,7 +485,12 @@ int replace_page_cache_page(struct page *old, struct page *new, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 		error = radix_tree_insert(&mapping->page_tree, offset, new);
 		BUG_ON(error);
 		mapping->nrpages++;
-		__inc_zone_page_state(new, NR_FILE_PAGES);
+
+		/*
+		 * hugetlb pages do not participate in page cache accounting.
+		 */
+		if (!PageHuge(new))
+			__inc_zone_page_state(new, NR_FILE_PAGES);
 		if (PageSwapBacked(new))
 			__inc_zone_page_state(new, NR_SHMEM);
 		spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
@@ -575,7 +582,10 @@ static int __add_to_page_cache_locked(struct page *page,
 	radix_tree_preload_end();
 	if (unlikely(error))
 		goto err_insert;
-	__inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_PAGES);
+
+	/* hugetlb pages do not participate in page cache accounting. */
+	if (!huge)
+		__inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_PAGES);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 	if (!huge)
 		mem_cgroup_commit_charge(page, memcg, false);