diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index e08c94170ae4..2192b16bbcff 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -618,6 +618,16 @@ static int queue_pages_test_walk(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 	unsigned long endvma = vma->vm_end;
 	unsigned long flags = qp->flags;
 
+	/* range check first */
+	if (!(flags & MPOL_MF_DISCONTIG_OK)) {
+		if (!vma->vm_next && vma->vm_end < end)
+			return -EFAULT;
+		if (qp->prev && qp->prev->vm_end < vma->vm_start)
+			return -EFAULT;
+	}
+
+	qp->prev = vma;
+
 	/*
 	 * Need check MPOL_MF_STRICT to return -EIO if possible
 	 * regardless of vma_migratable
@@ -631,15 +641,6 @@ static int queue_pages_test_walk(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 	if (vma->vm_start > start)
 		start = vma->vm_start;
 
-	if (!(flags & MPOL_MF_DISCONTIG_OK)) {
-		if (!vma->vm_next && vma->vm_end < end)
-			return -EFAULT;
-		if (qp->prev && qp->prev->vm_end < vma->vm_start)
-			return -EFAULT;
-	}
-
-	qp->prev = vma;
-
 	if (flags & MPOL_MF_LAZY) {
 		/* Similar to task_numa_work, skip inaccessible VMAs */
 		if (!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) &&