diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 0a2a67c7f230..3ef7db15ec70 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2097,19 +2097,17 @@ static void check_new_page_bad(struct page *page)
 	const char *bad_reason = NULL;
 	unsigned long bad_flags = 0;
 
+	if (unlikely(page->flags & __PG_HWPOISON)) {
+		/* Don't complain about hwpoisoned pages */
+		page_mapcount_reset(page); /* remove PageBuddy */
+		return;
+	}
 	if (unlikely(atomic_read(&page->_mapcount) != -1))
 		bad_reason = "nonzero mapcount";
 	if (unlikely(page->mapping != NULL))
 		bad_reason = "non-NULL mapping";
 	if (unlikely(page_ref_count(page) != 0))
 		bad_reason = "nonzero _refcount";
-	if (unlikely(page->flags & __PG_HWPOISON)) {
-		bad_reason = "HWPoisoned (hardware-corrupted)";
-		bad_flags = __PG_HWPOISON;
-		/* Don't complain about hwpoisoned pages */
-		page_mapcount_reset(page); /* remove PageBuddy */
-		return;
-	}
 	if (unlikely(page->flags & PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_PREP)) {
 		bad_reason = "PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_PREP flag set";
 		bad_flags = PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_PREP;