diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 2192b16bbcff..067cf7d3daf5 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -410,7 +410,9 @@ struct queue_pages {
 	struct list_head *pagelist;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	nodemask_t *nmask;
-	struct vm_area_struct *prev;
+	unsigned long start;
+	unsigned long end;
+	struct vm_area_struct *first;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -619,14 +621,20 @@ static int queue_pages_test_walk(unsigned long start, unsigned long 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)
+	VM_BUG_ON((vma->vm_start > start) || (vma->vm_end < end));
+
+	if (!qp->first) {
+		qp->first = vma;
+		if (!(flags & MPOL_MF_DISCONTIG_OK) &&
+			(qp->start < vma->vm_start))
+			/* hole at head side of range */
 			return -EFAULT;
 	}
-
-	qp->prev = vma;
+	if (!(flags & MPOL_MF_DISCONTIG_OK) &&
+		((vma->vm_end < qp->end) &&
+		(!vma->vm_next || vma->vm_end < vma->vm_next->vm_start)))
+		/* hole at middle or tail of range */
+		return -EFAULT;
 
 	/*
 	 * Need check MPOL_MF_STRICT to return -EIO if possible
@@ -638,8 +646,6 @@ static int queue_pages_test_walk(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 
 	if (endvma > end)
 		endvma = end;
-	if (vma->vm_start > start)
-		start = vma->vm_start;
 
 	if (flags & MPOL_MF_LAZY) {
 		/* Similar to task_numa_work, skip inaccessible VMAs */
@@ -682,14 +688,23 @@ queue_pages_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 		nodemask_t *nodes, unsigned long flags,
 		struct list_head *pagelist)
 {
+	int err;
 	struct queue_pages qp = {
 		.pagelist = pagelist,
 		.flags = flags,
 		.nmask = nodes,
-		.prev = NULL,
+		.start = start,
+		.end = end,
+		.first = NULL,
 	};
 
-	return walk_page_range(mm, start, end, &queue_pages_walk_ops, &qp);
+	err = walk_page_range(mm, start, end, &queue_pages_walk_ops, &qp);
+
+	if (!qp.first)
+		/* whole range in hole */
+		err = -EFAULT;
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -741,8 +756,7 @@ static int mbind_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start,
 	unsigned long vmend;
 
 	vma = find_vma(mm, start);
-	if (!vma || vma->vm_start > start)
-		return -EFAULT;
+	VM_BUG_ON(!vma);
 
 	prev = vma->vm_prev;
 	if (start > vma->vm_start)