diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index c29ddebc870509e7e35b69da5cce5a7d9988542d..62fe06bb7d04bacccc8c2213a6a65134fa274010 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -2009,7 +2009,7 @@ int hugepage_madvise(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		/*
 		 * Be somewhat over-protective like KSM for now!
 		 */
-		if (*vm_flags & (VM_HUGEPAGE | VM_NO_THP))
+		if (*vm_flags & VM_NO_THP)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		*vm_flags &= ~VM_NOHUGEPAGE;
 		*vm_flags |= VM_HUGEPAGE;
@@ -2025,7 +2025,7 @@ int hugepage_madvise(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		/*
 		 * Be somewhat over-protective like KSM for now!
 		 */
-		if (*vm_flags & (VM_NOHUGEPAGE | VM_NO_THP))
+		if (*vm_flags & VM_NO_THP)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		*vm_flags &= ~VM_HUGEPAGE;
 		*vm_flags |= VM_NOHUGEPAGE;