1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 88c5fed8b9a4..669fba39be1a 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -3188,9 +3188,9 @@ int kswapd_run(int nid)
         if (IS_ERR(pgdat->kswapd)) {
                 /* failure at boot is fatal */
                 BUG_ON(system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING);
-                pgdat->kswapd = NULL;
                 pr_err("Failed to start kswapd on node %d\n", nid);
                 ret = PTR_ERR(pgdat->kswapd);
+                pgdat->kswapd = NULL;
         }
         return ret;
 }