diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 5668c1a2de495..5514d84cc7120 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -443,15 +443,15 @@ static inline bool deferred_pages_enabled(void)
 	return static_branch_unlikely(&deferred_pages);
 }
 
-/* Returns true if the struct page for the pfn is uninitialised */
-static inline bool __meminit early_page_uninitialised(unsigned long pfn)
+/* Returns true if the struct page for the pfn is initialised */
+static inline bool __meminit early_page_initialised(unsigned long pfn)
 {
 	int nid = early_pfn_to_nid(pfn);
 
 	if (node_online(nid) && pfn >= NODE_DATA(nid)->first_deferred_pfn)
-		return true;
+		return false;
 
-	return false;
+	return true;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -498,9 +498,9 @@ static inline bool deferred_pages_enabled(void)
 	return false;
 }
 
-static inline bool early_page_uninitialised(unsigned long pfn)
+static inline bool early_page_initialised(unsigned long pfn)
 {
-	return false;
+	return true;
 }
 
 static inline bool defer_init(int nid, unsigned long pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
@@ -1643,7 +1643,7 @@ static void __meminit init_reserved_page(unsigned long pfn)
 	pg_data_t *pgdat;
 	int nid, zid;
 
-	if (!early_page_uninitialised(pfn))
+	if (early_page_initialised(pfn))
 		return;
 
 	nid = early_pfn_to_nid(pfn);
@@ -1806,7 +1806,7 @@ int __meminit early_pfn_to_nid(unsigned long pfn)
 void __init memblock_free_pages(struct page *page, unsigned long pfn,
 							unsigned int order)
 {
-	if (early_page_uninitialised(pfn))
+	if (!early_page_initialised(pfn))
 		return;
 	if (!kmsan_memblock_free_pages(page, order)) {
 		/* KMSAN will take care of these pages. */