diff --git a/mm/page_cgroup.c b/mm/page_cgroup.c
index 0b3cbf090a67..ab27ff750519 100644
--- a/mm/page_cgroup.c
+++ b/mm/page_cgroup.c
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ static int __init alloc_node_page_cgroup(int nid)
 	start_pfn = NODE_DATA(nid)->node_start_pfn;
 	nr_pages = NODE_DATA(nid)->node_spanned_pages;
 
+	if (!nr_pages)
+		return 0;
+
 	table_size = sizeof(struct page_cgroup) * nr_pages;
 
 	base = __alloc_bootmem_node_nopanic(NODE_DATA(nid),