diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index bb37cd1a51d8..04f35659717a 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1080,6 +1080,10 @@ static long migrate_to_node(struct mm_struct *mm, int source, int dest,
 
 	mmap_read_lock(mm);
 	vma = find_vma(mm, 0);
+	if (unlikely(!vma)) {
+		mmap_read_unlock(mm);
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * This does not migrate the range, but isolates all pages that