diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index bb7dc40..ea8c3a4 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@
 
 	if (page && arch_prepare_hugepage(page)) {
 		__free_pages(page, huge_page_order(h));
-		return NULL;
+		page = NULL;
 	}
 
 	spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);