1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 36f42573a335..e9493b1c1117 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -489,12 +489,6 @@ check_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
         int err;
         struct vm_area_struct *first, *vma, *prev;
 
-        if (flags & (MPOL_MF_MOVE | MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL)) {
-
-                err = migrate_prep();
-                if (err)
-                        return ERR_PTR(err);
-        }
 
         first = find_vma(mm, start);
         if (!first)
@@ -809,9 +803,13 @@ int do_migrate_pages(struct mm_struct *mm,
         const nodemask_t *from_nodes, const nodemask_t *to_nodes, int flags)
 {
         int busy = 0;
-        int err = 0;
+        int err;
         nodemask_t tmp;
 
+        err = migrate_prep();
+        if (err)
+                return err;
+
         down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 
         err = migrate_vmas(mm, from_nodes, to_nodes, flags);
@@ -974,6 +972,12 @@ static long do_mbind(unsigned long start, unsigned long len,
                  start, start + len, mode, mode_flags,
                  nmask ? nodes_addr(*nmask)[0] : -1);
 
+        if (flags & (MPOL_MF_MOVE | MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL)) {
+
+                err = migrate_prep();
+                if (err)
+                        return err;
+        }
         down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
         vma = check_range(mm, start, end, nmask,
                           flags | MPOL_MF_INVERT, &pagelist);