diff --git a/arch/tile/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/tile/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index e212c64682c5..77ceaa343fce 100644
--- a/arch/tile/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/tile/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -308,11 +308,16 @@ static bool saw_hugepagesz;
 
 static __init int setup_hugepagesz(char *opt)
 {
+	int rc;
+
 	if (!saw_hugepagesz) {
 		saw_hugepagesz = true;
 		memset(huge_shift, 0, sizeof(huge_shift));
 	}
-	return __setup_hugepagesz(memparse(opt, NULL));
+	rc = __setup_hugepagesz(memparse(opt, NULL));
+	if (rc)
+		hugetlb_bad_size();
+	return rc;
 }
 __setup("hugepagesz=", setup_hugepagesz);