diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index ef2265f86b91..04220581579c 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5058,7 +5058,7 @@ unsigned long __alloc_pages_bulk(gfp_t gfp, int preferred_nid,
 
 	/* Already populated array? */
 	if (unlikely(page_array && nr_pages - nr_populated == 0))
-		return 0;
+		return nr_populated;
 
 	/* Use the single page allocator for one page. */
 	if (nr_pages - nr_populated == 1)