diff --git a/include/asm-generic/tlb.h b/include/asm-generic/tlb.h
index 9e22ac369d1d..b36b3bef5661 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/tlb.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/tlb.h
@@ -402,7 +402,12 @@ tlb_update_vma_flags(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma) { }
 
 static inline void tlb_flush_mmu_tlbonly(struct mmu_gather *tlb)
 {
-	if (!tlb->end)
+	/*
+	 * Anything calling __tlb_adjust_range() also sets at least one of
+	 * these bits.
+	 */
+	if (!(tlb->freed_tables || tlb->cleared_ptes || tlb->cleared_pmds ||
+	      tlb->cleared_puds || tlb->cleared_p4ds))
 		return;
 
 	tlb_flush(tlb);