diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 107454312d5e..dea15e6bfc8d 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1577,7 +1577,7 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 		struct page *page;
 		gfp_t tmp_mask = gfp_mask | __GFP_NOWARN;
 
-		if (node < 0)
+		if (node == NUMA_NO_NODE)
 			page = alloc_page(tmp_mask);
 		else
 			page = alloc_pages_node(node, tmp_mask, order);