diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index e10807c4c46b..0fa8d88eb7ba 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -1563,7 +1563,6 @@ static long check_and_migrate_cma_pages(struct mm_struct *mm,
 {
 	unsigned long i;
 	bool drain_allow = true;
-	bool migrate_allow = true;
 	LIST_HEAD(cma_page_list);
 	long ret = nr_pages;
 	struct page *prev_head, *head;
@@ -1614,17 +1613,15 @@ check_again:
 			for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++)
 				put_page(pages[i]);
 
-		if (migrate_pages(&cma_page_list, alloc_migration_target, NULL,
-			(unsigned long)&mtc, MIGRATE_SYNC, MR_CONTIG_RANGE)) {
-			/*
-			 * some of the pages failed migration. Do get_user_pages
-			 * without migration.
-			 */
-			migrate_allow = false;
-
+		ret = migrate_pages(&cma_page_list, alloc_migration_target,
+				    NULL, (unsigned long)&mtc, MIGRATE_SYNC,
+				    MR_CONTIG_RANGE);
+		if (ret) {
 			if (!list_empty(&cma_page_list))
 				putback_movable_pages(&cma_page_list);
+			return ret > 0 ? -ENOMEM : ret;
 		}
+
 		/*
 		 * We did migrate all the pages, Try to get the page references
 		 * again migrating any new CMA pages which we failed to isolate
@@ -1634,7 +1631,7 @@ check_again:
 						   pages, vmas, NULL,
 						   gup_flags);
 
-		if ((ret > 0) && migrate_allow) {
+		if (ret > 0) {
 			nr_pages = ret;
 			drain_allow = true;
 			goto check_again;