diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
index 29ee7d85ca4c..0795c3a36d8f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ static int change_memory_common(unsigned long addr, int numpages,
 	    !(area->flags & VM_ALLOC))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (!numpages)
+		return 0;
+
 	data.set_mask = set_mask;
 	data.clear_mask = clear_mask;