diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 3b787cb5669907c1035332f00d70826f15c59d85..34f3dfba5e82b3e052a3c2fcb7d8b9870f51efce 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -3600,10 +3600,10 @@ static int __init hugepages_setup(char *s)
 				pr_warn("HugeTLB: architecture can't support node specific alloc, ignoring!\n");
 				return 0;
 			}
+			if (tmp >= nr_online_nodes)
+				goto invalid;
 			node = tmp;
 			p += count + 1;
-			if (node < 0 || node >= nr_online_nodes)
-				goto invalid;
 			/* Parse hugepages */
 			if (sscanf(p, "%lu%n", &tmp, &count) != 1)
 				goto invalid;