diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index f095843fc243..fcadd3e25c0c 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -2409,7 +2409,6 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	nr_pages = get_vm_area_size(area) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	array_size = (nr_pages * sizeof(struct page *));
 
-	area->nr_pages = nr_pages;
 	/* Please note that the recursion is strictly bounded. */
 	if (array_size > PAGE_SIZE) {
 		pages = __vmalloc_node(array_size, 1, nested_gfp|highmem_mask,
@@ -2417,13 +2416,16 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	} else {
 		pages = kmalloc_node(array_size, nested_gfp, node);
 	}
-	area->pages = pages;
-	if (!area->pages) {
+
+	if (!pages) {
 		remove_vm_area(area->addr);
 		kfree(area);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	area->pages = pages;
+	area->nr_pages = nr_pages;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < area->nr_pages; i++) {
 		struct page *page;