diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 0b27b7be46e0e2d16858f746a9c9313109f51788..ee1f7075f409c953c312e85a86b4d1053b4431c1 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1231,8 +1231,7 @@ struct hstate *size_to_hstate(unsigned long size)
  */
 bool page_huge_active(struct page *page)
 {
-	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageHuge(page), page);
-	return PageHead(page) && PagePrivate(&page[1]);
+	return PageHeadHuge(page) && PagePrivate(&page[1]);
 }
 
 /* never called for tail page */