diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 7cf8b0ec11ecf29ef401e7dbeb8ac1084d692652..7153e0d186701b6532a2d11d37c6bc0bef93b6e8 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1797,6 +1797,7 @@ static bool khugepaged_prealloc_page(struct page **hpage, bool *wait)
 			return false;
 
 		*wait = false;
+		*hpage = NULL;
 		khugepaged_alloc_sleep();
 	} else if (*hpage) {
 		put_page(*hpage);