diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index f7e41390f3d8ba06e9f247099bbee951c7b3edb3..68cec97bbd066f11203728b7ee585c5eeff8ef41 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -3151,10 +3151,10 @@ static int __init hugetlb_nrpages_setup(char *s)
 				pr_warn("HugeTLB: architecture can't support node specific alloc, ignoring!\n");
 				return 0;
 			}
+			if (tmp >= nr_online_nodes)
+				goto invalid;
 			node = tmp;
 			p += count + 1;
-			if (node < 0 || node >= nr_online_nodes)
-				goto invalid;
 			/* Parse hugepages */
 			if (sscanf(p, "%lu%n", &tmp, &count) != 1)
 				goto invalid;