diff --git a/include/linux/mempolicy.h b/include/linux/mempolicy.h
index e5ccb9ddd90e..c511e2523560 100644
--- a/include/linux/mempolicy.h
+++ b/include/linux/mempolicy.h
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ static inline int vma_migratable(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+extern int mpol_misplaced(struct page *, struct vm_area_struct *, unsigned long);
+
 #else
 
 struct mempolicy {};
@@ -323,5 +325,11 @@ static inline int mpol_to_str(char *buffer, int maxlen, struct mempolicy *pol,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int mpol_misplaced(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+				 unsigned long address)
+{
+	return -1; /* no node preference */
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_NUMA */
 #endif
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h b/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h
index d23dca8367cc..472de8a5d37e 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ enum mpol_rebind_step {
 #define MPOL_F_SHARED  (1 << 0)	/* identify shared policies */
 #define MPOL_F_LOCAL   (1 << 1)	/* preferred local allocation */
 #define MPOL_F_REBINDING (1 << 2)	/* identify policies in rebinding */
+#define MPOL_F_MOF	(1 << 3) /* this policy wants migrate on fault */
 
 
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_MEMPOLICY_H */
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index c21e91477c4f..df1466d3d2d8 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -2181,6 +2181,82 @@ static void sp_free(struct sp_node *n)
 	kmem_cache_free(sn_cache, n);
 }
 
+/**
+ * mpol_misplaced - check whether current page node is valid in policy
+ *
+ * @page   - page to be checked
+ * @vma    - vm area where page mapped
+ * @addr   - virtual address where page mapped
+ *
+ * Lookup current policy node id for vma,addr and "compare to" page's
+ * node id.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *	-1	- not misplaced, page is in the right node
+ *	node	- node id where the page should be
+ *
+ * Policy determination "mimics" alloc_page_vma().
+ * Called from fault path where we know the vma and faulting address.
+ */
+int mpol_misplaced(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
+{
+	struct mempolicy *pol;
+	struct zone *zone;
+	int curnid = page_to_nid(page);
+	unsigned long pgoff;
+	int polnid = -1;
+	int ret = -1;
+
+	BUG_ON(!vma);
+
+	pol = get_vma_policy(current, vma, addr);
+	if (!(pol->flags & MPOL_F_MOF))
+		goto out;
+
+	switch (pol->mode) {
+	case MPOL_INTERLEAVE:
+		BUG_ON(addr >= vma->vm_end);
+		BUG_ON(addr < vma->vm_start);
+
+		pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff;
+		pgoff += (addr - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+		polnid = offset_il_node(pol, vma, pgoff);
+		break;
+
+	case MPOL_PREFERRED:
+		if (pol->flags & MPOL_F_LOCAL)
+			polnid = numa_node_id();
+		else
+			polnid = pol->v.preferred_node;
+		break;
+
+	case MPOL_BIND:
+		/*
+		 * allows binding to multiple nodes.
+		 * use current page if in policy nodemask,
+		 * else select nearest allowed node, if any.
+		 * If no allowed nodes, use current [!misplaced].
+		 */
+		if (node_isset(curnid, pol->v.nodes))
+			goto out;
+		(void)first_zones_zonelist(
+				node_zonelist(numa_node_id(), GFP_HIGHUSER),
+				gfp_zone(GFP_HIGHUSER),
+				&pol->v.nodes, &zone);
+		polnid = zone->node;
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		BUG();
+	}
+	if (curnid != polnid)
+		ret = polnid;
+out:
+	mpol_cond_put(pol);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static void sp_delete(struct shared_policy *sp, struct sp_node *n)
 {
 	pr_debug("deleting %lx-l%lx\n", n->start, n->end);