diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 7ded07081be9..20bc562f499e 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -1694,11 +1694,9 @@ static int do_pages_move(struct mm_struct *mm, nodemask_t task_nodes,
 				err += nr_pages - i - 1;
 			goto out;
 		}
-		if (i > start) {
-			err = store_status(status, start, current_node, i - start);
-			if (err)
-				goto out;
-		}
+		err = store_status(status, start, current_node, i - start);
+		if (err)
+			goto out;
 		current_node = NUMA_NO_NODE;
 	}
 out_flush: