diff --git a/mm/hwpoison-inject.c b/mm/hwpoison-inject.c
index a77fe3f9e211..10ea71905c1f 100644
--- a/mm/hwpoison-inject.c
+++ b/mm/hwpoison-inject.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ static int hwpoison_inject(void *data, u64 val)
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 
+	if (!hwpoison_filter_enable)
+		goto inject;
 	if (!pfn_valid(pfn))
 		return -ENXIO;
 
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ static int hwpoison_inject(void *data, u64 val)
 	if (err)
 		return 0;
 
+inject:
 	printk(KERN_INFO "Injecting memory failure at pfn %lx\n", pfn);
 	return __memory_failure(pfn, 18, MF_COUNT_INCREASED);
 }