diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 7d5e40fe0c29..27f9d4beac98 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3153,12 +3153,10 @@ static void zoneref_set_zone(struct zone *zone, struct zoneref *zoneref)
  * Add all populated zones of a node to the zonelist.
  */
 static int build_zonelists_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct zonelist *zonelist,
-				int nr_zones, enum zone_type zone_type)
+				int nr_zones)
 {
 	struct zone *zone;
-
-	BUG_ON(zone_type >= MAX_NR_ZONES);
-	zone_type++;
+	enum zone_type zone_type = MAX_NR_ZONES;
 
 	do {
 		zone_type--;
@@ -3168,8 +3166,8 @@ static int build_zonelists_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct zonelist *zonelist,
 				&zonelist->_zonerefs[nr_zones++]);
 			check_highest_zone(zone_type);
 		}
-
 	} while (zone_type);
+
 	return nr_zones;
 }
 
@@ -3363,8 +3361,7 @@ static void build_zonelists_in_node_order(pg_data_t *pgdat, int node)
 	zonelist = &pgdat->node_zonelists[0];
 	for (j = 0; zonelist->_zonerefs[j].zone != NULL; j++)
 		;
-	j = build_zonelists_node(NODE_DATA(node), zonelist, j,
-							MAX_NR_ZONES - 1);
+	j = build_zonelists_node(NODE_DATA(node), zonelist, j);
 	zonelist->_zonerefs[j].zone = NULL;
 	zonelist->_zonerefs[j].zone_idx = 0;
 }
@@ -3378,7 +3375,7 @@ static void build_thisnode_zonelists(pg_data_t *pgdat)
 	struct zonelist *zonelist;
 
 	zonelist = &pgdat->node_zonelists[1];
-	j = build_zonelists_node(pgdat, zonelist, 0, MAX_NR_ZONES - 1);
+	j = build_zonelists_node(pgdat, zonelist, 0);
 	zonelist->_zonerefs[j].zone = NULL;
 	zonelist->_zonerefs[j].zone_idx = 0;
 }
@@ -3586,7 +3583,7 @@ static void build_zonelists(pg_data_t *pgdat)
 	local_node = pgdat->node_id;
 
 	zonelist = &pgdat->node_zonelists[0];
-	j = build_zonelists_node(pgdat, zonelist, 0, MAX_NR_ZONES - 1);
+	j = build_zonelists_node(pgdat, zonelist, 0);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now we build the zonelist so that it contains the zones
@@ -3599,14 +3596,12 @@ static void build_zonelists(pg_data_t *pgdat)
 	for (node = local_node + 1; node < MAX_NUMNODES; node++) {
 		if (!node_online(node))
 			continue;
-		j = build_zonelists_node(NODE_DATA(node), zonelist, j,
-							MAX_NR_ZONES - 1);
+		j = build_zonelists_node(NODE_DATA(node), zonelist, j);
 	}
 	for (node = 0; node < local_node; node++) {
 		if (!node_online(node))
 			continue;
-		j = build_zonelists_node(NODE_DATA(node), zonelist, j,
-							MAX_NR_ZONES - 1);
+		j = build_zonelists_node(NODE_DATA(node), zonelist, j);
 	}
 
 	zonelist->_zonerefs[j].zone = NULL;