diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 8132787ae4d50..8adb5b7562646 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1876,7 +1876,9 @@ int apply_to_page_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 	unsigned long end = addr + size;
 	int err;
 
-	BUG_ON(addr >= end);
+	if (WARN_ON(addr >= end))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	pgd = pgd_offset(mm, addr);
 	do {
 		next = pgd_addr_end(addr, end);