diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index a828b17ced1a..f5fa1bd1eb16 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -1393,18 +1393,24 @@ static void zoneinfo_show_print(struct seq_file *m, pg_data_t *pgdat,
 		   zone->present_pages,
 		   zone->managed_pages);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < NR_VM_ZONE_STAT_ITEMS; i++)
-		seq_printf(m, "\n      %-12s %lu", vmstat_text[i],
-				zone_page_state(zone, i));
-
 	seq_printf(m,
 		   "\n        protection: (%ld",
 		   zone->lowmem_reserve[0]);
 	for (i = 1; i < ARRAY_SIZE(zone->lowmem_reserve); i++)
 		seq_printf(m, ", %ld", zone->lowmem_reserve[i]);
-	seq_printf(m,
-		   ")"
-		   "\n  pagesets");
+	seq_putc(m, ')');
+
+	/* If unpopulated, no other information is useful */
+	if (!populated_zone(zone)) {
+		seq_putc(m, '\n');
+		return;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < NR_VM_ZONE_STAT_ITEMS; i++)
+		seq_printf(m, "\n      %-12s %lu", vmstat_text[i],
+				zone_page_state(zone, i));
+
+	seq_printf(m, "\n  pagesets");
 	for_each_online_cpu(i) {
 		struct per_cpu_pageset *pageset;