diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 23d3339ac4e8..133dad9f4669 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -8762,7 +8762,8 @@ void *__init alloc_large_system_hash(const char *tablename,
 		} else if (get_order(size) >= MAX_ORDER || hashdist) {
 			table = __vmalloc(size, gfp_flags);
 			virt = true;
-			huge = is_vm_area_hugepages(table);
+			if (table)
+				huge = is_vm_area_hugepages(table);
 		} else {
 			/*
 			 * If bucketsize is not a power-of-two, we may free