diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index b57cc39023969dd84c696a0f7cb20bd70df7c6cb..819a070660194b8d8f1245437dfebd288f760581 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5430,7 +5430,7 @@ static int build_zonerefs_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct zoneref *zonerefs)
 	do {
 		zone_type--;
 		zone = pgdat->node_zones + zone_type;
-		if (managed_zone(zone)) {
+		if (populated_zone(zone)) {
 			zoneref_set_zone(zone, &zonerefs[nr_zones++]);
 			check_highest_zone(zone_type);
 		}