diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index f65dd69e1fd1a7a1dd7c88679ae8aacabe19aacc..70ef794cccae97feda86c34e54b961eaa120138e 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -1622,6 +1622,9 @@ static int do_pages_move(struct mm_struct *mm, nodemask_t task_nodes,
 		current_node = NUMA_NO_NODE;
 	}
 out_flush:
+	if (list_empty(&pagelist))
+		return err;
+
 	/* Make sure we do not overwrite the existing error */
 	err1 = do_move_pages_to_node(mm, &pagelist, current_node);
 	if (!err1)