diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 318c5007f226e0ed38211cfedb7e203c16081bb1..a649186669a3d5ad71d30915807c27421d231058 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1477,7 +1477,6 @@ static void __vunmap(const void *addr, int deallocate_pages)
  *	conventions for vfree() arch-depenedent would be a really bad idea)
  *
  *	NOTE: assumes that the object at *addr has a size >= sizeof(llist_node)
- *	
  */
 void vfree(const void *addr)
 {
@@ -1489,8 +1488,8 @@ void vfree(const void *addr)
 		return;
 	if (unlikely(in_interrupt())) {
 		struct vfree_deferred *p = &__get_cpu_var(vfree_deferred);
-		llist_add((struct llist_node *)addr, &p->list);
-		schedule_work(&p->wq);
+		if (llist_add((struct llist_node *)addr, &p->list))
+			schedule_work(&p->wq);
 	} else
 		__vunmap(addr, 1);
 }