diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 68319dd..9bd339e 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3634,6 +3634,9 @@
 	int i;
 	void *ptr;
 
+	if (limit > get_max_mapped())
+		limit = get_max_mapped();
+
 	/* need to go over early_node_map to find out good range for node */
 	for_each_active_range_index_in_nid(i, nid) {
 		u64 addr;