diff --git a/include/linux/nodemask.h b/include/linux/nodemask.h
index 1fbde8a880d9..5a30ad594ccc 100644
--- a/include/linux/nodemask.h
+++ b/include/linux/nodemask.h
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ static inline int node_random(const nodemask_t *mask)
  * NODEMASK_ALLOC(type, name) allocates an object with a specified type and
  * name.
  */
-#if NODES_SHIFT > 8 /* nodemask_t > 256 bytes */
+#if NODES_SHIFT > 8 /* nodemask_t > 32 bytes */
 #define NODEMASK_ALLOC(type, name, gfp_flags)	\
 			type *name = kmalloc(sizeof(*name), gfp_flags)
 #define NODEMASK_FREE(m)			kfree(m)