diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 31f3b858db81..2135ee7c806d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -970,7 +970,8 @@ ssize_t do_tcp_sendpages(struct sock *sk, struct page *page, int offset,
 	long timeo = sock_sndtimeo(sk, flags & MSG_DONTWAIT);
 
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_VM) &&
-	    WARN_ONCE(PageSlab(page), "page must not be a Slab one"))
+	    WARN_ONCE(!sendpage_ok(page),
+		      "page must not be a Slab one and have page_count > 0"))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* Wait for a connection to finish. One exception is TCP Fast Open