diff --git a/include/linux/page_pinner.h b/include/linux/page_pinner.h
index ba14d7636dc0..6dd0f9d3b394 100644
--- a/include/linux/page_pinner.h
+++ b/include/linux/page_pinner.h
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ static inline void dump_page_pinner(struct page *page)
 
 static inline void page_pinner_put_page(struct page *page)
 {
+	if (!static_branch_unlikely(&page_pinner_inited))
+		return;
+
 	if (!static_branch_unlikely(&failure_tracking))
 		return;
 
@@ -49,6 +52,9 @@ static inline void page_pinner_put_page(struct page *page)
 
 static inline void page_pinner_failure_detect(struct page *page)
 {
+	if (!static_branch_unlikely(&page_pinner_inited))
+		return;
+
 	if (!static_branch_unlikely(&failure_tracking))
 		return;
 
diff --git a/mm/page_pinner.c b/mm/page_pinner.c
index a444584103ad..74543cefce4f 100644
--- a/mm/page_pinner.c
+++ b/mm/page_pinner.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ static struct longterm_pinner acf_pinner = {
 
 static bool page_pinner_enabled;
 DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(page_pinner_inited);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_pinner_inited);
 
 DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_TRUE(failure_tracking);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(failure_tracking);