diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index 549ec5583103..c2d3fe03b5d2 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -185,9 +185,6 @@ __alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 static inline struct page *alloc_pages_node(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 						unsigned int order)
 {
-	if (unlikely(order >= MAX_ORDER))
-		return NULL;
-
 	/* Unknown node is current node */
 	if (nid < 0)
 		nid = numa_node_id();
@@ -201,9 +198,6 @@ extern struct page *alloc_pages_current(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned order);
 static inline struct page *
 alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
 {
-	if (unlikely(order >= MAX_ORDER))
-		return NULL;
-
 	return alloc_pages_current(gfp_mask, order);
 }
 extern struct page *alloc_page_vma(gfp_t gfp_mask,
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index d58df9031503..bfbd95c0610f 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1401,6 +1401,9 @@ get_page_from_freelist(gfp_t gfp_mask, nodemask_t *nodemask, unsigned int order,
 
 	classzone_idx = zone_idx(preferred_zone);
 
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(order >= MAX_ORDER))
+		return NULL;
+
 zonelist_scan:
 	/*
 	 * Scan zonelist, looking for a zone with enough free.