diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 2ffe0cd64c70..f4a7bb02decf 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -499,6 +499,7 @@ unsigned long reclaim_clean_pages_from_list(struct zone *zone,
 #else
 #define ALLOC_NOFRAGMENT	  0x0
 #endif
+#define ALLOC_KSWAPD		0x200 /* allow waking of kswapd */
 
 enum ttu_flags;
 struct tlbflush_unmap_batch;
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 2046e333ea8f..32b3e121a388 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3268,7 +3268,6 @@ static bool zone_allows_reclaim(struct zone *local_zone, struct zone *zone)
 }
 #endif	/* CONFIG_NUMA */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32
 /*
  * The restriction on ZONE_DMA32 as being a suitable zone to use to avoid
  * fragmentation is subtle. If the preferred zone was HIGHMEM then
@@ -3278,10 +3277,16 @@ static bool zone_allows_reclaim(struct zone *local_zone, struct zone *zone)
  * fragmentation between the Normal and DMA32 zones.
  */
 static inline unsigned int
-alloc_flags_nofragment(struct zone *zone)
+alloc_flags_nofragment(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
+	unsigned int alloc_flags = 0;
+
+	if (gfp_mask & __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM)
+		alloc_flags |= ALLOC_KSWAPD;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32
 	if (zone_idx(zone) != ZONE_NORMAL)
-		return 0;
+		goto out;
 
 	/*
 	 * If ZONE_DMA32 exists, assume it is the one after ZONE_NORMAL and
@@ -3290,17 +3295,12 @@ alloc_flags_nofragment(struct zone *zone)
 	 */
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(ZONE_NORMAL - ZONE_DMA32 != 1);
 	if (nr_online_nodes > 1 && !populated_zone(--zone))
-		return 0;
+		goto out;
 
-	return ALLOC_NOFRAGMENT;
+out:
+#endif /* CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32 */
+	return alloc_flags;
 }
-#else
-static inline unsigned int
-alloc_flags_nofragment(struct zone *zone)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-#endif
 
 /*
  * get_page_from_freelist goes through the zonelist trying to allocate
@@ -3939,6 +3939,9 @@ gfp_to_alloc_flags(gfp_t gfp_mask)
 	} else if (unlikely(rt_task(current)) && !in_interrupt())
 		alloc_flags |= ALLOC_HARDER;
 
+	if (gfp_mask & __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM)
+		alloc_flags |= ALLOC_KSWAPD;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_CMA
 	if (gfpflags_to_migratetype(gfp_mask) == MIGRATE_MOVABLE)
 		alloc_flags |= ALLOC_CMA;
@@ -4170,7 +4173,7 @@ retry_cpuset:
 	if (!ac->preferred_zoneref->zone)
 		goto nopage;
 
-	if (gfp_mask & __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM)
+	if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_KSWAPD)
 		wake_all_kswapds(order, gfp_mask, ac);
 
 	/*
@@ -4228,7 +4231,7 @@ retry_cpuset:
 
 retry:
 	/* Ensure kswapd doesn't accidentally go to sleep as long as we loop */
-	if (gfp_mask & __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM)
+	if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_KSWAPD)
 		wake_all_kswapds(order, gfp_mask, ac);
 
 	reserve_flags = __gfp_pfmemalloc_flags(gfp_mask);
@@ -4451,7 +4454,7 @@ __alloc_pages_nodemask(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order, int preferred_nid,
 	 * Forbid the first pass from falling back to types that fragment
 	 * memory until all local zones are considered.
 	 */
-	alloc_flags |= alloc_flags_nofragment(ac.preferred_zoneref->zone);
+	alloc_flags |= alloc_flags_nofragment(ac.preferred_zoneref->zone, gfp_mask);
 
 	/* First allocation attempt */
 	page = get_page_from_freelist(alloc_mask, order, alloc_flags, &ac);