diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 814ce9122709..67535f87846c 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -2562,6 +2562,11 @@ static void show_numa_info(struct seq_file *m, struct vm_struct *v)
 		if (!counters)
 			return;
 
+		/* Pair with smp_wmb() in clear_vm_uninitialized_flag() */
+		smp_rmb();
+		if (v->flags & VM_UNINITIALIZED)
+			return;
+
 		memset(counters, 0, nr_node_ids * sizeof(unsigned int));
 
 		for (nr = 0; nr < v->nr_pages; nr++)
@@ -2587,11 +2592,6 @@ static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
 
 	v = va->vm;
 
-	/* Pair with smp_wmb() in clear_vm_uninitialized_flag() */
-	smp_rmb();
-	if (v->flags & VM_UNINITIALIZED)
-		return 0;
-
 	seq_printf(m, "0x%pK-0x%pK %7ld",
 		v->addr, v->addr + v->size, v->size);