diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index e3ab1d942dd4b62cab4b89381435d058a40cd749..d4592b9a5b9d98302849cb23f8f93023168f8ac7 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ static inline void clr_vm_cdm(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 static void mark_vma_cdm(nodemask_t *nmask,
 		struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	if (!page)
+	if (!page || !vma)
 		return;
 
 	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_CDM)