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diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 58cab483e81b..62eef264a7bd 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -779,7 +779,13 @@ int __meminit sparse_add_one_section(struct pglist_data *pgdat,
goto out;
}
- memset(memmap, 0, sizeof(struct page) * PAGES_PER_SECTION);
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
+ /*
+ * Poison uninitialized struct pages in order to catch invalid flags
+ * combinations.
+ */
+ memset(memmap, PAGE_POISON_PATTERN, sizeof(struct page) * PAGES_PER_SECTION);
+#endif
section_mark_present(ms);