diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 49dfcfc44b30..5ef7185a5e05 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -4857,7 +4857,7 @@ static int build_zonelists_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct zonelist *zonelist,
 	do {
 		zone_type--;
 		zone = pgdat->node_zones + zone_type;
-		if (managed_zone(zone)) {
+		if (populated_zone(zone)) {
 			zoneref_set_zone(zone,
 				&zonelist->_zonerefs[nr_zones++]);
 			check_highest_zone(zone_type);