diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 25a77c4fe4a03a..d10e616d73898e 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -4608,8 +4608,9 @@ vm_fault_t do_set_pmd(struct vm_fault *vmf, struct page *page)
 	if (!thp_vma_suitable_order(vma, haddr, PMD_ORDER))
 		return ret;
 
-	if (page != &folio->page || folio_order(folio) != HPAGE_PMD_ORDER)
+	if (folio_order(folio) != HPAGE_PMD_ORDER)
 		return ret;
+	page = &folio->page;
 
 	/*
 	 * Just backoff if any subpage of a THP is corrupted otherwise