diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 924553aa8f78..48db3c3d0767 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -5449,7 +5449,7 @@ long follow_hugetlb_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 					     likely(pages) ? pages + i : NULL,
 					     vmas ? vmas + i : NULL);
 
-		if (pages) {
+		if (pages && pages[i]) {
 			/*
 			 * try_grab_compound_head() should always succeed here,
 			 * because: a) we hold the ptl lock, and b) we've just