diff --git a/mm/truncate.c b/mm/truncate.c
index 6263affdef88..8f12b0e2e85f 100644
--- a/mm/truncate.c
+++ b/mm/truncate.c
@@ -624,6 +624,9 @@ int invalidate_inode_pages2_range(struct address_space *mapping,
 	int did_range_unmap = 0;
 
 	cleancache_invalidate_inode(mapping);
+	if (mapping->nrpages == 0 && mapping->nrexceptional == 0)
+		return 0;
+
 	pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
 	index = start;
 	while (index <= end && pagevec_lookup_entries(&pvec, mapping, index,