int nr_zones = 0;
        unsigned long recommended_min;
 
-       /* khugepaged thread has stopped to failed to start */
-       if (!khugepaged_thread)
-               return 0;
-
        for_each_populated_zone(zone)
                nr_zones++;
 
        setup_per_zone_wmarks();
        return 0;
 }
-late_initcall(set_recommended_min_free_kbytes);
 
-static int start_khugepaged(void)
+static int start_stop_khugepaged(void)
 {
        int err = 0;
        if (khugepaged_enabled()) {
                        pr_err("khugepaged: kthread_run(khugepaged) failed\n");
                        err = PTR_ERR(khugepaged_thread);
                        khugepaged_thread = NULL;
+                       goto fail;
                }
 
                if (!list_empty(&khugepaged_scan.mm_head))
                kthread_stop(khugepaged_thread);
                khugepaged_thread = NULL;
        }
-
+fail:
        return err;
 }
 
                int err;
 
                mutex_lock(&khugepaged_mutex);
-               err = start_khugepaged();
+               err = start_stop_khugepaged();
                mutex_unlock(&khugepaged_mutex);
 
                if (err)
         * where the extra memory used could hurt more than TLB overhead
         * is likely to save.  The admin can still enable it through /sys.
         */
-       if (totalram_pages < (512 << (20 - PAGE_SHIFT)))
+       if (totalram_pages < (512 << (20 - PAGE_SHIFT))) {
                transparent_hugepage_flags = 0;
+               return 0;
+       }
 
-       err = start_khugepaged();
+       err = start_stop_khugepaged();
        if (err)
                goto err_khugepaged;