diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index 7967825f6d33..7a8e84f86831 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ static unsigned long change_pte_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 			if (prot_numa) {
 				struct page *page;
 
+				/* Avoid TLB flush if possible */
+				if (pte_protnone(oldpte))
+					continue;
+
 				page = vm_normal_page(vma, addr, oldpte);
 				if (!page || PageKsm(page))
 					continue;
@@ -97,10 +101,6 @@ static unsigned long change_pte_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 				if (page_is_file_cache(page) && PageDirty(page))
 					continue;
 
-				/* Avoid TLB flush if possible */
-				if (pte_protnone(oldpte))
-					continue;
-
 				/*
 				 * Don't mess with PTEs if page is already on the node
 				 * a single-threaded process is running on.