diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index 66992348531e..612a29b7f6c6 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -356,10 +356,9 @@ struct huge_bootmem_page {
 struct page *alloc_huge_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				unsigned long addr, int avoid_reserve);
 struct page *alloc_huge_page_node(struct hstate *h, int nid);
-struct page *alloc_huge_page_noerr(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-				unsigned long addr, int avoid_reserve);
 struct page *alloc_huge_page_nodemask(struct hstate *h, int preferred_nid,
 				nodemask_t *nmask);
+struct page *alloc_huge_page_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address);
 int huge_add_to_page_cache(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping,
 			pgoff_t idx);
 
@@ -537,7 +536,7 @@ struct hstate {};
 #define alloc_huge_page(v, a, r) NULL
 #define alloc_huge_page_node(h, nid) NULL
 #define alloc_huge_page_nodemask(h, preferred_nid, nmask) NULL
-#define alloc_huge_page_noerr(v, a, r) NULL
+#define alloc_huge_page_vma(vma, address) NULL
 #define alloc_bootmem_huge_page(h) NULL
 #define hstate_file(f) NULL
 #define hstate_sizelog(s) NULL
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index b55886af82aa..742a929f2311 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1674,6 +1674,25 @@ struct page *alloc_huge_page_nodemask(struct hstate *h, int preferred_nid,
 	return alloc_migrate_huge_page(h, gfp_mask, preferred_nid, nmask);
 }
 
+/* mempolicy aware migration callback */
+struct page *alloc_huge_page_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address)
+{
+	struct mempolicy *mpol;
+	nodemask_t *nodemask;
+	struct page *page;
+	struct hstate *h;
+	gfp_t gfp_mask;
+	int node;
+
+	h = hstate_vma(vma);
+	gfp_mask = htlb_alloc_mask(h);
+	node = huge_node(vma, address, gfp_mask, &mpol, &nodemask);
+	page = alloc_huge_page_nodemask(h, node, nodemask);
+	mpol_cond_put(mpol);
+
+	return page;
+}
+
 /*
  * Increase the hugetlb pool such that it can accommodate a reservation
  * of size 'delta'.
@@ -2079,20 +2098,6 @@ out_subpool_put:
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
 }
 
-/*
- * alloc_huge_page()'s wrapper which simply returns the page if allocation
- * succeeds, otherwise NULL. This function is called from new_vma_page(),
- * where no ERR_VALUE is expected to be returned.
- */
-struct page *alloc_huge_page_noerr(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-				unsigned long addr, int avoid_reserve)
-{
-	struct page *page = alloc_huge_page(vma, addr, avoid_reserve);
-	if (IS_ERR(page))
-		page = NULL;
-	return page;
-}
-
 int alloc_bootmem_huge_page(struct hstate *h)
 	__attribute__ ((weak, alias("__alloc_bootmem_huge_page")));
 int __alloc_bootmem_huge_page(struct hstate *h)
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index f604b22ebb65..96823fa07f38 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1121,8 +1121,7 @@ static struct page *new_page(struct page *page, unsigned long start, int **x)
 	}
 
 	if (PageHuge(page)) {
-		BUG_ON(!vma);
-		return alloc_huge_page_noerr(vma, address, 1);
+		return alloc_huge_page_vma(vma, address);
 	} else if (thp_migration_supported() && PageTransHuge(page)) {
 		struct page *thp;