diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index aa90758950a7..5f46c7f85cb1 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1079,6 +1079,7 @@ static __always_inline bool free_pages_prepare(struct page *page,
 	int bad = 0;
 	bool skip_kasan_poison = should_skip_kasan_poison(page, fpi_flags);
 	bool init = want_init_on_free();
+	bool compound = PageCompound(page);
 
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageTail(page), page);
 
@@ -1097,16 +1098,15 @@ static __always_inline bool free_pages_prepare(struct page *page,
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(compound && compound_order(page) != order, page);
+
 	/*
 	 * Check tail pages before head page information is cleared to
 	 * avoid checking PageCompound for order-0 pages.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(order)) {
-		bool compound = PageCompound(page);
 		int i;
 
-		VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(compound && compound_order(page) != order, page);
-
 		if (compound)
 			page[1].flags &= ~PAGE_FLAGS_SECOND;
 		for (i = 1; i < (1 << order); i++) {