diff --git a/include/linux/pagevec.h b/include/linux/pagevec.h
index 87cc678adc85..208f9a99889f 100644
--- a/include/linux/pagevec.h
+++ b/include/linux/pagevec.h
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ static inline unsigned int folio_batch_space(struct folio_batch *fbatch)
 static inline unsigned folio_batch_add(struct folio_batch *fbatch,
 		struct folio *folio)
 {
-	fbatch->folios[fbatch->nr++] = folio;
+	if (folio_batch_space(fbatch))
+		fbatch->folios[fbatch->nr++] = folio;
+
 	return folio_batch_space(fbatch);
 }