diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 80297712314e..1b11ccc0a3b7 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2153,9 +2153,11 @@ static long shmem_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset,
 									NULL);
 		if (error) {
 			/* Remove the !PageUptodate pages we added */
-			shmem_undo_range(inode,
-				(loff_t)start << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT,
-				((loff_t)index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) - 1, true);
+			if (index > start) {
+				shmem_undo_range(inode,
+				 (loff_t)start << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT,
+				 ((loff_t)index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) - 1, true);
+			}
 			goto undone;
 		}