diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index d78111f0fa2cbf3936582eb9f7189fcda08e14e5..4bdb58ab14cbbd659a1f9ca2e531a995fed03077 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2047,13 +2047,16 @@ static int gather_surplus_pages(struct hstate *h, long delta)
 
 	/* Free the needed pages to the hugetlb pool */
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, &surplus_list, lru) {
+		int zeroed;
+
 		if ((--needed) < 0)
 			break;
 		/*
 		 * This page is now managed by the hugetlb allocator and has
 		 * no users -- drop the buddy allocator's reference.
 		 */
-		VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!put_page_testzero(page), page);
+		zeroed = put_page_testzero(page);
+		VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!zeroed, page);
 		enqueue_huge_page(h, page);
 	}
 free: