1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm/slob.c b/mm/slob.c
index 5bc2ceb692ec..08a9bd91a1aa 100644
--- a/mm/slob.c
+++ b/mm/slob.c
@@ -321,7 +321,8 @@ static void *slob_alloc(size_t size, gfp_t gfp, int align, int node)
                 /* Improve fragment distribution and reduce our average
                  * search time by starting our next search here. (see
                  * Knuth vol 1, sec 2.5, pg 449) */
-                if (free_slob_pages.next != prev->next)
+                if (prev != free_slob_pages.prev &&
+                                free_slob_pages.next != prev->next)
                         list_move_tail(&free_slob_pages, prev->next);
                 break;
         }