diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index f271929abeabc1fc8da1c8557551e891f722489c..853d65d5420ff630c56562ae96fdc3556d95759d 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -4963,6 +4963,10 @@ unsigned long __alloc_pages_bulk(gfp_t gfp, int preferred_nid,
 	while (page_array && nr_populated < nr_pages && page_array[nr_populated])
 		nr_populated++;
 
+	/* Already populated array? */
+	if (unlikely(page_array && nr_pages - nr_populated == 0))
+		return 0;
+
 	/* Use the single page allocator for one page. */
 	if (nr_pages - nr_populated == 1)
 		goto failed;