diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 0c6745a6a13a..532a840a4266 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -3298,6 +3298,9 @@ static void __init hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages(struct hstate *h)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if (!h->max_huge_pages)
+		return;
+
 	/* do node specific alloc */
 	for_each_online_node(i) {
 		if (h->max_huge_pages_node[i] > 0) {