diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 7cf8b0e..7153e0d1 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1797,6 +1797,7 @@
 			return false;
 
 		*wait = false;
+		*hpage = NULL;
 		khugepaged_alloc_sleep();
 	} else if (*hpage) {
 		put_page(*hpage);