diff --git a/include/linux/page_reporting.h b/include/linux/page_reporting.h
index fe648dfa3a7c..d1886c657285 100644
--- a/include/linux/page_reporting.h
+++ b/include/linux/page_reporting.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 /* This value should always be a power of 2, see page_reporting_cycle() */
 #define PAGE_REPORTING_CAPACITY		32
+#define PAGE_REPORTING_ORDER_UNSPECIFIED	0
 
 struct page_reporting_dev_info {
 	/* function that alters pages to make them "reported" */
diff --git a/mm/page_reporting.c b/mm/page_reporting.c
index f0042d5743af..a2da5bf3a065 100644
--- a/mm/page_reporting.c
+++ b/mm/page_reporting.c
@@ -370,7 +370,8 @@ int page_reporting_register(struct page_reporting_dev_info *prdev)
 	 */
 
 	if (page_reporting_order == -1) {
-		if (prdev->order > 0 && prdev->order <= MAX_PAGE_ORDER)
+		if (prdev->order != PAGE_REPORTING_ORDER_UNSPECIFIED &&
+		    prdev->order <= MAX_PAGE_ORDER)
 			page_reporting_order = prdev->order;
 		else
 			page_reporting_order = pageblock_order;