diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 05143e0f821f..3a555ce69006 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -7534,10 +7534,28 @@ static int page_alloc_cpu_dead(unsigned int cpu)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
+int hashdist = HASHDIST_DEFAULT;
+
+static int __init set_hashdist(char *str)
+{
+	if (!str)
+		return 0;
+	hashdist = simple_strtoul(str, &str, 0);
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("hashdist=", set_hashdist);
+#endif
+
 void __init page_alloc_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
+	if (num_node_state(N_MEMORY) == 1)
+		hashdist = 0;
+#endif
+
 	ret = cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls(CPUHP_PAGE_ALLOC_DEAD,
 					"mm/page_alloc:dead", NULL,
 					page_alloc_cpu_dead);
@@ -7922,19 +7940,6 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-int hashdist = HASHDIST_DEFAULT;
-
-static int __init set_hashdist(char *str)
-{
-	if (!str)
-		return 0;
-	hashdist = simple_strtoul(str, &str, 0);
-	return 1;
-}
-__setup("hashdist=", set_hashdist);
-#endif
-
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_RESERVED_KERNEL_PAGES
 /*
  * Returns the number of pages that arch has reserved but