diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 86f7d952e2cc7f171692f4091e8f4844566f34b4..06e62300d6275b00f35a3f13f57efa2a622d64f5 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5675,8 +5675,11 @@ static void __init find_zone_movable_pfns_for_nodes(void)
 		required_kernelcore = max(required_kernelcore, corepages);
 	}
 
-	/* If kernelcore was not specified, there is no ZONE_MOVABLE */
-	if (!required_kernelcore)
+	/*
+	 * If kernelcore was not specified or kernelcore size is larger
+	 * than totalpages, there is no ZONE_MOVABLE.
+	 */
+	if (!required_kernelcore || required_kernelcore >= totalpages)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* usable_startpfn is the lowest possible pfn ZONE_MOVABLE can be at */