diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 6961238c7ef5..ab51132547b8 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ static int queue_pages_test_walk(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 	unsigned long flags = qp->flags;
 
 	/* range check first */
-	VM_BUG_ON_VMA((vma->vm_start > start) || (vma->vm_end < end), vma);
+	VM_BUG_ON_VMA(!range_in_vma(vma, start, end), vma);
 
 	if (!qp->first) {
 		qp->first = vma;