diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 0c34633720c046cda3931e2a4c0fc63dc9d8d2c4..e150ba9e13119deadbc8f5e19e35a3232cad242e 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -637,17 +637,20 @@ static int __init debug_guardpage_minorder_setup(char *buf)
 }
 __setup("debug_guardpage_minorder=", debug_guardpage_minorder_setup);
 
-static inline void set_page_guard(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
+static inline bool set_page_guard(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
 				unsigned int order, int migratetype)
 {
 	struct page_ext *page_ext;
 
 	if (!debug_guardpage_enabled())
-		return;
+		return false;
+
+	if (order >= debug_guardpage_minorder())
+		return false;
 
 	page_ext = lookup_page_ext(page);
 	if (unlikely(!page_ext))
-		return;
+		return false;
 
 	__set_bit(PAGE_EXT_DEBUG_GUARD, &page_ext->flags);
 
@@ -655,6 +658,8 @@ static inline void set_page_guard(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
 	set_page_private(page, order);
 	/* Guard pages are not available for any usage */
 	__mod_zone_freepage_state(zone, -(1 << order), migratetype);
+
+	return true;
 }
 
 static inline void clear_page_guard(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
@@ -677,8 +682,8 @@ static inline void clear_page_guard(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
 }
 #else
 struct page_ext_operations debug_guardpage_ops = { NULL, };
-static inline void set_page_guard(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
-				unsigned int order, int migratetype) {}
+static inline bool set_page_guard(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
+			unsigned int order, int migratetype) { return false; }
 static inline void clear_page_guard(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
 				unsigned int order, int migratetype) {}
 #endif
@@ -1622,18 +1627,15 @@ static inline void expand(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
 		size >>= 1;
 		VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(bad_range(zone, &page[size]), &page[size]);
 
-		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC) &&
-			debug_guardpage_enabled() &&
-			high < debug_guardpage_minorder()) {
-			/*
-			 * Mark as guard pages (or page), that will allow to
-			 * merge back to allocator when buddy will be freed.
-			 * Corresponding page table entries will not be touched,
-			 * pages will stay not present in virtual address space
-			 */
-			set_page_guard(zone, &page[size], high, migratetype);
+		/*
+		 * Mark as guard pages (or page), that will allow to
+		 * merge back to allocator when buddy will be freed.
+		 * Corresponding page table entries will not be touched,
+		 * pages will stay not present in virtual address space
+		 */
+		if (set_page_guard(zone, &page[size], high, migratetype))
 			continue;
-		}
+
 		list_add(&page[size].lru, &area->free_list[migratetype]);
 		area->nr_free++;
 		set_page_order(&page[size], high);