diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 947293e765338c77757e1ea2d753da0643307fee..463b7fbf0d1d0ffd3e422948f62b9605dd8f3f65 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1199,10 +1199,8 @@ static struct page *new_vma_page(struct page *page, unsigned long private, int *
 	}
 
 	if (PageHuge(page)) {
-		if (vma)
-			return alloc_huge_page_noerr(vma, address, 1);
-		else
-			return NULL;
+		BUG_ON(!vma);
+		return alloc_huge_page_noerr(vma, address, 1);
 	}
 	/*
 	 * if !vma, alloc_page_vma() will use task or system default policy