diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index d991b9e80dbb..a4a90a869999 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -772,8 +772,10 @@ static int __init hugepage_setup_sz(char *str)
 
 	size = memparse(str, &str);
 
-	if (add_huge_page_size(size) != 0)
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "Invalid huge page size specified(%llu)\n", size);
+	if (add_huge_page_size(size) != 0) {
+		hugetlb_bad_size();
+		pr_err("Invalid huge page size specified(%llu)\n", size);
+	}
 
 	return 1;
 }