diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index bd7e987522221f42b7042cc242abc8ca31a72996..251233c1494df793ae7d9d90e4bc5ed5e794ab28 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ static inline pte_t arch_make_huge_pte(pte_t entry, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 static inline struct hstate *page_hstate(struct page *page)
 {
+	VM_BUG_ON(!PageHuge(page));
 	return size_to_hstate(PAGE_SIZE << compound_order(page));
 }