diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index b2c2ed650840..634d8c782cca 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -3894,7 +3894,7 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 		if (!fatal_signal_pending(current) && page_order == 0)
 			warn_alloc(gfp_mask, NULL,
 				"vmalloc error: size %lu, failed to allocate pages",
-				area->nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE);
+				nr_small_pages * PAGE_SIZE);
 		goto fail;
 	}