diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 89eeb89fd99a4e7b33b7110a137085f7d94fc531..3383079b1508446734f9b75573bdca6aa5e6af8a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -930,8 +930,6 @@ static void task_numa_placement(struct task_struct *p)
 	int seq, nid, max_nid = -1;
 	unsigned long max_faults = 0;
 
-	if (!p->mm)	/* for example, ksmd faulting in a user's mm */
-		return;
 	seq = ACCESS_ONCE(p->mm->numa_scan_seq);
 	if (p->numa_scan_seq == seq)
 		return;
@@ -998,6 +996,10 @@ void task_numa_fault(int last_nid, int node, int pages, bool migrated)
 	if (!numabalancing_enabled)
 		return;
 
+	/* for example, ksmd faulting in a user's mm */
+	if (!p->mm)
+		return;
+
 	/* For now, do not attempt to detect private/shared accesses */
 	priv = 1;