diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 897fa2b61346..848316eaa7f4 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1847,8 +1847,11 @@ unsigned long shmem_allowable_huge_orders(struct inode *inode,
 
 	global_orders = shmem_huge_global_enabled(inode, index, write_end,
 						  shmem_huge_force, vma, vm_flags);
-	/* Tmpfs huge pages allocation */
-	if (!vma || !vma_is_anon_shmem(vma))
+	/*
+	 * Tmpfs huge pages allocation or forced collapse ignores
+	 * sysfs configs.
+	 */
+	if (!vma || !vma_is_anon_shmem(vma) || shmem_huge_force)
 		return global_orders;
 
 	/*