diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 786004514d10..8852b0b12270 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -3212,8 +3212,11 @@ static int __init hugetlb_init(void)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	if (!hugepages_supported())
+	if (!hugepages_supported()) {
+		if (hugetlb_max_hstate || default_hstate_max_huge_pages)
+			pr_warn("HugeTLB: huge pages not supported, ignoring associated command-line parameters\n");
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Make sure HPAGE_SIZE (HUGETLB_PAGE_ORDER) hstate exists.  Some
@@ -3315,11 +3318,6 @@ static int __init hugepages_setup(char *s)
 	unsigned long *mhp;
 	static unsigned long *last_mhp;
 
-	if (!hugepages_supported()) {
-		pr_warn("HugeTLB: huge pages not supported, ignoring hugepages = %s\n", s);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	if (!parsed_valid_hugepagesz) {
 		pr_warn("HugeTLB: hugepages=%s does not follow a valid hugepagesz, ignoring\n", s);
 		parsed_valid_hugepagesz = true;
@@ -3372,11 +3370,6 @@ static int __init hugepagesz_setup(char *s)
 	struct hstate *h;
 
 	parsed_valid_hugepagesz = false;
-	if (!hugepages_supported()) {
-		pr_warn("HugeTLB: huge pages not supported, ignoring hugepagesz = %s\n", s);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	size = (unsigned long)memparse(s, NULL);
 
 	if (!arch_hugetlb_valid_size(size)) {
@@ -3424,11 +3417,6 @@ static int __init default_hugepagesz_setup(char *s)
 	unsigned long size;
 
 	parsed_valid_hugepagesz = false;
-	if (!hugepages_supported()) {
-		pr_warn("HugeTLB: huge pages not supported, ignoring default_hugepagesz = %s\n", s);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	if (parsed_default_hugepagesz) {
 		pr_err("HugeTLB: default_hugepagesz previously specified, ignoring %s\n", s);
 		return 0;