diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 24463b6..171dee7 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2225,9 +2225,11 @@
 			error = shmem_getpage(inode, index, &page, SGP_FALLOC);
 		if (error) {
 			/* Remove the !PageUptodate pages we added */
-			shmem_undo_range(inode,
-				(loff_t)start << PAGE_SHIFT,
-				((loff_t)index << PAGE_SHIFT) - 1, true);
+			if (index > start) {
+				shmem_undo_range(inode,
+				    (loff_t)start << PAGE_SHIFT,
+				    ((loff_t)index << PAGE_SHIFT) - 1, true);
+			}
 			goto undone;
 		}