diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 853d65d5420ff630c56562ae96fdc3556d95759d..19394f8f9daf1ad9d499f4cf2987182615b76d60 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -4965,7 +4965,7 @@ unsigned long __alloc_pages_bulk(gfp_t gfp, int preferred_nid,
 
 	/* Already populated array? */
 	if (unlikely(page_array && nr_pages - nr_populated == 0))
-		return 0;
+		return nr_populated;
 
 	/* Use the single page allocator for one page. */
 	if (nr_pages - nr_populated == 1)