diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 653dbb1ff05c07..bad1e130eda8a8 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -2422,7 +2422,7 @@ static unsigned int khugepaged_scan_mm_slot(unsigned int pages, int *result,
 			VM_BUG_ON(khugepaged_scan.address < hstart ||
 				  khugepaged_scan.address + HPAGE_PMD_SIZE >
 				  hend);
-			if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SHMEM) && vma->vm_file) {
+			if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SHMEM) && !vma_is_anonymous(vma)) {
 				struct file *file = get_file(vma->vm_file);
 				pgoff_t pgoff = linear_page_index(vma,
 						khugepaged_scan.address);
@@ -2768,7 +2768,7 @@ int madvise_collapse(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct **prev,
 		mmap_assert_locked(mm);
 		memset(cc->node_load, 0, sizeof(cc->node_load));
 		nodes_clear(cc->alloc_nmask);
-		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SHMEM) && vma->vm_file) {
+		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SHMEM) && !vma_is_anonymous(vma)) {
 			struct file *file = get_file(vma->vm_file);
 			pgoff_t pgoff = linear_page_index(vma, addr);