1 files changed, 9 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index a0e5ec0addd2..6847177dc4a1 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -4061,17 +4061,6 @@ __alloc_pages_slowpath(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
         int reserve_flags;
 
         /*
-         * In the slowpath, we sanity check order to avoid ever trying to
-         * reclaim >= MAX_ORDER areas which will never succeed. Callers may
-         * be using allocators in order of preference for an area that is
-         * too large.
-         */
-        if (order >= MAX_ORDER) {
-                WARN_ON_ONCE(!(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOWARN));
-                return NULL;
-        }
-
-        /*
          * We also sanity check to catch abuse of atomic reserves being used by
          * callers that are not in atomic context.
          */
@@ -4364,6 +4353,15 @@ __alloc_pages_nodemask(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order, int preferred_nid,
         gfp_t alloc_mask; /* The gfp_t that was actually used for allocation */
         struct alloc_context ac = { };
 
+        /*
+         * There are several places where we assume that the order value is sane
+         * so bail out early if the request is out of bound.
+         */
+        if (unlikely(order >= MAX_ORDER)) {
+                WARN_ON_ONCE(!(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOWARN));
+                return NULL;
+        }
+
         gfp_mask &= gfp_allowed_mask;
         alloc_mask = gfp_mask;
         if (!prepare_alloc_pages(gfp_mask, order, preferred_nid, nodemask, &ac, &alloc_mask, &alloc_flags))