diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index dfa412d8cb300..de96cd936b12a 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1489,7 +1489,6 @@ static void __destroy_compound_gigantic_folio(struct folio *folio,
 			set_page_refcounted(p);
 	}
 
-	folio_set_order(folio, 0);
 	__folio_clear_head(folio);
 }
 
@@ -1951,9 +1950,6 @@ static bool __prep_compound_gigantic_folio(struct folio *folio,
 	struct page *p;
 
 	__folio_clear_reserved(folio);
-	__folio_set_head(folio);
-	/* we rely on prep_new_hugetlb_folio to set the destructor */
-	folio_set_order(folio, order);
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
 		p = folio_page(folio, i);
 
@@ -1999,6 +1995,9 @@ static bool __prep_compound_gigantic_folio(struct folio *folio,
 		if (i != 0)
 			set_compound_head(p, &folio->page);
 	}
+	__folio_set_head(folio);
+	/* we rely on prep_new_hugetlb_folio to set the destructor */
+	folio_set_order(folio, order);
 	atomic_set(&folio->_entire_mapcount, -1);
 	atomic_set(&folio->_nr_pages_mapped, 0);
 	atomic_set(&folio->_pincount, 0);
@@ -2017,8 +2016,6 @@ static bool __prep_compound_gigantic_folio(struct folio *folio,
 		p = folio_page(folio, j);
 		__ClearPageReserved(p);
 	}
-	folio_set_order(folio, 0);
-	__folio_clear_head(folio);
 	return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index f45f5eb4514f1..faf0508d89a5d 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -438,16 +438,12 @@ int split_free_page(struct page *free_page,
  */
 static inline void folio_set_order(struct folio *folio, unsigned int order)
 {
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!folio_test_large(folio)))
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!order || !folio_test_large(folio)))
 		return;
 
 	folio->_folio_order = order;
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
-	/*
-	 * When hugetlb dissolves a folio, we need to clear the tail
-	 * page, rather than setting nr_pages to 1.
-	 */
-	folio->_folio_nr_pages = order ? 1U << order : 0;
+	folio->_folio_nr_pages = 1U << order;
 #endif
 }