diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index a3687afc5917..9614aabee8c5 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -538,6 +538,8 @@ static inline void __free_one_page(struct page *page,
 	unsigned long uninitialized_var(buddy_idx);
 	struct page *buddy;
 
+	VM_BUG_ON(!zone_is_initialized(zone));
+
 	if (unlikely(PageCompound(page)))
 		if (unlikely(destroy_compound_page(page, order)))
 			return;