diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 032702a4637b..58cabe6af33d 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -4113,6 +4113,18 @@ fail:
 
 	remap_page(folio, 1 << old_order, ttu_flags);
 
+	/*
+	 * Drop the mapping while the inode is still pinned. @folio stays
+	 * locked and present in the page cache until the loop below, so
+	 * eviction cannot free the inode yet; @lock_at is not enough, it may
+	 * be a tail beyond EOF that the split already dropped from the page
+	 * cache. Nothing past this point may touch the inode or the mapping.
+	 */
+	if (mapping) {
+		i_mmap_unlock_read(mapping);
+		mapping = NULL;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Unlock all after-split folios except the one containing
 	 * @lock_at page. If @folio is not split, it will be kept locked.