--- a/include/linux/hugetlb_cgroup.h~hugetlb_cgroup-add-reservation-accounting-for-private-mappings
+++ a/include/linux/hugetlb_cgroup.h
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 #include <linux/mmdebug.h>
 
 struct hugetlb_cgroup;
+struct resv_map;
+
 /*
  * Minimum page order trackable by hugetlb cgroup.
  * At least 4 pages are necessary for all the tracking information.
@@ -27,6 +29,33 @@ struct hugetlb_cgroup;
 #define HUGETLB_CGROUP_MIN_ORDER	2
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_HUGETLB
+enum hugetlb_memory_event {
+	HUGETLB_MAX,
+	HUGETLB_NR_MEMORY_EVENTS,
+};
+
+struct hugetlb_cgroup {
+	struct cgroup_subsys_state css;
+
+	/*
+	 * the counter to account for hugepages from hugetlb.
+	 */
+	struct page_counter hugepage[HUGE_MAX_HSTATE];
+
+	/*
+	 * the counter to account for hugepage reservations from hugetlb.
+	 */
+	struct page_counter rsvd_hugepage[HUGE_MAX_HSTATE];
+
+	atomic_long_t events[HUGE_MAX_HSTATE][HUGETLB_NR_MEMORY_EVENTS];
+	atomic_long_t events_local[HUGE_MAX_HSTATE][HUGETLB_NR_MEMORY_EVENTS];
+
+	/* Handle for "hugetlb.events" */
+	struct cgroup_file events_file[HUGE_MAX_HSTATE];
+
+	/* Handle for "hugetlb.events.local" */
+	struct cgroup_file events_local_file[HUGE_MAX_HSTATE];
+};
 
 static inline struct hugetlb_cgroup *
 __hugetlb_cgroup_from_page(struct page *page, bool rsvd)
@@ -102,9 +131,9 @@ extern void hugetlb_cgroup_uncharge_cgro
 					   struct hugetlb_cgroup *h_cg);
 extern void hugetlb_cgroup_uncharge_cgroup_rsvd(int idx, unsigned long nr_pages,
 						struct hugetlb_cgroup *h_cg);
-extern void hugetlb_cgroup_uncharge_counter(struct page_counter *p,
-					    unsigned long nr_pages,
-					    struct cgroup_subsys_state *css);
+extern void hugetlb_cgroup_uncharge_counter(struct resv_map *resv,
+					    unsigned long start,
+					    unsigned long end);
 
 extern void hugetlb_cgroup_file_init(void) __init;
 extern void hugetlb_cgroup_migrate(struct page *oldhpage,
@@ -193,6 +222,12 @@ hugetlb_cgroup_uncharge_cgroup_rsvd(int
 {
 }
 
+static inline void hugetlb_cgroup_uncharge_counter(struct resv_map *resv,
+						   unsigned long start,
+						   unsigned long end)
+{
+}
+
 static inline void hugetlb_cgroup_file_init(void)
 {
 }
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h~hugetlb_cgroup-add-reservation-accounting-for-private-mappings
+++ a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ struct resv_map {
 	long adds_in_progress;
 	struct list_head region_cache;
 	long region_cache_count;
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_HUGETLB
+	/*
+	 * On private mappings, the counter to uncharge reservations is stored
+	 * here. If these fields are 0, then either the mapping is shared, or
+	 * cgroup accounting is disabled for this resv_map.
+	 */
+	struct page_counter *reservation_counter;
+	unsigned long pages_per_hpage;
+	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
+#endif
 };
 extern struct resv_map *resv_map_alloc(void);
 void resv_map_release(struct kref *ref);
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c~hugetlb_cgroup-add-reservation-accounting-for-private-mappings
+++ a/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -650,6 +650,25 @@ static void set_vma_private_data(struct
 	vma->vm_private_data = (void *)value;
 }
 
+static void
+resv_map_set_hugetlb_cgroup_uncharge_info(struct resv_map *resv_map,
+					  struct hugetlb_cgroup *h_cg,
+					  struct hstate *h)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_HUGETLB
+	if (!h_cg || !h) {
+		resv_map->reservation_counter = NULL;
+		resv_map->pages_per_hpage = 0;
+		resv_map->css = NULL;
+	} else {
+		resv_map->reservation_counter =
+			&h_cg->rsvd_hugepage[hstate_index(h)];
+		resv_map->pages_per_hpage = pages_per_huge_page(h);
+		resv_map->css = &h_cg->css;
+	}
+#endif
+}
+
 struct resv_map *resv_map_alloc(void)
 {
 	struct resv_map *resv_map = kmalloc(sizeof(*resv_map), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -666,6 +685,13 @@ struct resv_map *resv_map_alloc(void)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&resv_map->regions);
 
 	resv_map->adds_in_progress = 0;
+	/*
+	 * Initialize these to 0. On shared mappings, 0's here indicate these
+	 * fields don't do cgroup accounting. On private mappings, these will be
+	 * re-initialized to the proper values, to indicate that hugetlb cgroup
+	 * reservations are to be un-charged from here.
+	 */
+	resv_map_set_hugetlb_cgroup_uncharge_info(resv_map, NULL, NULL);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&resv_map->region_cache);
 	list_add(&rg->link, &resv_map->region_cache);
@@ -3296,9 +3322,7 @@ static void hugetlb_vm_op_close(struct v
 	end = vma_hugecache_offset(h, vma, vma->vm_end);
 
 	reserve = (end - start) - region_count(resv, start, end);
-
-	kref_put(&resv->refs, resv_map_release);
-
+	hugetlb_cgroup_uncharge_counter(resv, start, end);
 	if (reserve) {
 		/*
 		 * Decrement reserve counts.  The global reserve count may be
@@ -3307,6 +3331,8 @@ static void hugetlb_vm_op_close(struct v
 		gbl_reserve = hugepage_subpool_put_pages(spool, reserve);
 		hugetlb_acct_memory(h, -gbl_reserve);
 	}
+
+	kref_put(&resv->refs, resv_map_release);
 }
 
 static int hugetlb_vm_op_split(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
@@ -4691,6 +4717,7 @@ int hugetlb_reserve_pages(struct inode *
 	struct hstate *h = hstate_inode(inode);
 	struct hugepage_subpool *spool = subpool_inode(inode);
 	struct resv_map *resv_map;
+	struct hugetlb_cgroup *h_cg;
 	long gbl_reserve;
 
 	/* This should never happen */
@@ -4724,12 +4751,26 @@ int hugetlb_reserve_pages(struct inode *
 		chg = region_chg(resv_map, from, to);
 
 	} else {
+		/* Private mapping. */
 		resv_map = resv_map_alloc();
 		if (!resv_map)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
 		chg = to - from;
 
+		if (hugetlb_cgroup_charge_cgroup_rsvd(
+			    hstate_index(h), chg * pages_per_huge_page(h),
+			    &h_cg)) {
+			kref_put(&resv_map->refs, resv_map_release);
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Since this branch handles private mappings, we attach the
+		 * counter to uncharge for this reservation off resv_map.
+		 */
+		resv_map_set_hugetlb_cgroup_uncharge_info(resv_map, h_cg, h);
+
 		set_vma_resv_map(vma, resv_map);
 		set_vma_resv_flags(vma, HPAGE_RESV_OWNER);
 	}
--- a/mm/hugetlb_cgroup.c~hugetlb_cgroup-add-reservation-accounting-for-private-mappings
+++ a/mm/hugetlb_cgroup.c
@@ -23,34 +23,6 @@
 #include <linux/hugetlb.h>
 #include <linux/hugetlb_cgroup.h>
 
-enum hugetlb_memory_event {
-	HUGETLB_MAX,
-	HUGETLB_NR_MEMORY_EVENTS,
-};
-
-struct hugetlb_cgroup {
-	struct cgroup_subsys_state css;
-
-	/*
-	 * the counter to account for hugepages from hugetlb.
-	 */
-	struct page_counter hugepage[HUGE_MAX_HSTATE];
-
-	/*
-	 * the counter to account for hugepage reservations from hugetlb.
-	 */
-	struct page_counter rsvd_hugepage[HUGE_MAX_HSTATE];
-
-	atomic_long_t events[HUGE_MAX_HSTATE][HUGETLB_NR_MEMORY_EVENTS];
-	atomic_long_t events_local[HUGE_MAX_HSTATE][HUGETLB_NR_MEMORY_EVENTS];
-
-	/* Handle for "hugetlb.events" */
-	struct cgroup_file events_file[HUGE_MAX_HSTATE];
-
-	/* Handle for "hugetlb.events.local" */
-	struct cgroup_file events_local_file[HUGE_MAX_HSTATE];
-};
-
 #define MEMFILE_PRIVATE(x, val)	(((x) << 16) | (val))
 #define MEMFILE_IDX(val)	(((val) >> 16) & 0xffff)
 #define MEMFILE_ATTR(val)	((val) & 0xffff)
@@ -407,15 +379,16 @@ void hugetlb_cgroup_uncharge_cgroup_rsvd
 	__hugetlb_cgroup_uncharge_cgroup(idx, nr_pages, h_cg, true);
 }
 
-void hugetlb_cgroup_uncharge_counter(struct page_counter *p,
-				     unsigned long nr_pages,
-				     struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
+void hugetlb_cgroup_uncharge_counter(struct resv_map *resv, unsigned long start,
+				     unsigned long end)
 {
-	if (hugetlb_cgroup_disabled() || !p || !css)
+	if (hugetlb_cgroup_disabled() || !resv || !resv->reservation_counter ||
+	    !resv->css)
 		return;
 
-	page_counter_uncharge(p, nr_pages);
-	css_put(css);
+	page_counter_uncharge(resv->reservation_counter,
+			      (end - start) * resv->pages_per_hpage);
+	css_put(resv->css);
 }
 
 enum {
