diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index cd43e8bdf1566c4b54e44e2885e81771fd54532a..0907884e6913c544e1d1cb97462a0ccf7669ce68 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -156,16 +156,16 @@ static int __init early_init_on_alloc(char *buf)
 	int ret;
 	bool bool_result;
 
-	if (!buf)
-		return -EINVAL;
 	ret = kstrtobool(buf, &bool_result);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 	if (bool_result && page_poisoning_enabled())
 		pr_info("mem auto-init: CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING is on, will take precedence over init_on_alloc\n");
 	if (bool_result)
 		static_branch_enable(&init_on_alloc);
 	else
 		static_branch_disable(&init_on_alloc);
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 early_param("init_on_alloc", early_init_on_alloc);
 
@@ -174,16 +174,16 @@ static int __init early_init_on_free(char *buf)
 	int ret;
 	bool bool_result;
 
-	if (!buf)
-		return -EINVAL;
 	ret = kstrtobool(buf, &bool_result);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 	if (bool_result && page_poisoning_enabled())
 		pr_info("mem auto-init: CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING is on, will take precedence over init_on_free\n");
 	if (bool_result)
 		static_branch_enable(&init_on_free);
 	else
 		static_branch_disable(&init_on_free);
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 early_param("init_on_free", early_init_on_free);