{
        unsigned int i;
        unsigned int ret;
-       unsigned int nr_found;
+       unsigned int nr_found, nr_skip;
 
        rcu_read_lock();
 restart:
        nr_found = radix_tree_gang_lookup_slot(&mapping->page_tree,
                                (void ***)pages, NULL, start, nr_pages);
        ret = 0;
+       nr_skip = 0;
        for (i = 0; i < nr_found; i++) {
                struct page *page;
 repeat:
                         * here as an exceptional entry: so skip over it -
                         * we only reach this from invalidate_mapping_pages().
                         */
+                       nr_skip++;
                        continue;
                }
 
         * If all entries were removed before we could secure them,
         * try again, because callers stop trying once 0 is returned.
         */
-       if (unlikely(!ret && nr_found))
+       if (unlikely(!ret && nr_found > nr_skip))
                goto restart;
        rcu_read_unlock();
        return ret;