diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index d5753ed81fc7..b3ebd6636b2a 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -4449,8 +4449,9 @@ 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