diff --git a/include/linux/nodemask.h b/include/linux/nodemask.h
index 848025cd7087..829b94b156f2 100644
--- a/include/linux/nodemask.h
+++ b/include/linux/nodemask.h
@@ -408,6 +408,19 @@ static inline int num_node_state(enum node_states state)
 #define next_online_node(nid)	next_node((nid), node_states[N_ONLINE])
 
 extern int nr_node_ids;
+extern int nr_online_nodes;
+
+static inline void node_set_online(int nid)
+{
+	node_set_state(nid, N_ONLINE);
+	nr_online_nodes = num_node_state(N_ONLINE);
+}
+
+static inline void node_set_offline(int nid)
+{
+	node_clear_state(nid, N_ONLINE);
+	nr_online_nodes = num_node_state(N_ONLINE);
+}
 #else
 
 static inline int node_state(int node, enum node_states state)
@@ -434,7 +447,10 @@ static inline int num_node_state(enum node_states state)
 #define first_online_node	0
 #define next_online_node(nid)	(MAX_NUMNODES)
 #define nr_node_ids		1
+#define nr_online_nodes		1
 
+#define node_set_online(node)	   node_set_state((node), N_ONLINE)
+#define node_set_offline(node)	   node_clear_state((node), N_ONLINE)
 #endif
 
 #define node_online_map 	node_states[N_ONLINE]
@@ -454,9 +470,6 @@ static inline int num_node_state(enum node_states state)
 #define node_online(node)	node_state((node), N_ONLINE)
 #define node_possible(node)	node_state((node), N_POSSIBLE)
 
-#define node_set_online(node)	   node_set_state((node), N_ONLINE)
-#define node_set_offline(node)	   node_clear_state((node), N_ONLINE)
-
 #define for_each_node(node)	   for_each_node_state(node, N_POSSIBLE)
 #define for_each_online_node(node) for_each_node_state(node, N_ONLINE)
 
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 2f8241f300f5..7b9b6015b2ec 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ static void return_unused_surplus_pages(struct hstate *h,
 	 * can no longer free unreserved surplus pages. This occurs when
 	 * the nodes with surplus pages have no free pages.
 	 */
-	unsigned long remaining_iterations = num_online_nodes();
+	unsigned long remaining_iterations = nr_online_nodes;
 
 	/* Uncommit the reservation */
 	h->resv_huge_pages -= unused_resv_pages;
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ static void return_unused_surplus_pages(struct hstate *h,
 			h->surplus_huge_pages--;
 			h->surplus_huge_pages_node[nid]--;
 			nr_pages--;
-			remaining_iterations = num_online_nodes();
+			remaining_iterations = nr_online_nodes;
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index e60e41474332..0c9f406e3c44 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -161,7 +161,9 @@ static unsigned long __meminitdata dma_reserve;
 
 #if MAX_NUMNODES > 1
 int nr_node_ids __read_mostly = MAX_NUMNODES;
+int nr_online_nodes __read_mostly = 1;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nr_node_ids);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(nr_online_nodes);
 #endif
 
 int page_group_by_mobility_disabled __read_mostly;
@@ -1466,7 +1468,7 @@ this_zone_full:
 		if (NUMA_BUILD)
 			zlc_mark_zone_full(zonelist, z);
 try_next_zone:
-		if (NUMA_BUILD && !did_zlc_setup && num_online_nodes() > 1) {
+		if (NUMA_BUILD && !did_zlc_setup && nr_online_nodes > 1) {
 			/*
 			 * we do zlc_setup after the first zone is tried but only
 			 * if there are multiple nodes make it worthwhile
@@ -2265,7 +2267,7 @@ int numa_zonelist_order_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
 }
 
 
-#define MAX_NODE_LOAD (num_online_nodes())
+#define MAX_NODE_LOAD (nr_online_nodes)
 static int node_load[MAX_NUMNODES];
 
 /**
@@ -2474,7 +2476,7 @@ static void build_zonelists(pg_data_t *pgdat)
 
 	/* NUMA-aware ordering of nodes */
 	local_node = pgdat->node_id;
-	load = num_online_nodes();
+	load = nr_online_nodes;
 	prev_node = local_node;
 	nodes_clear(used_mask);
 
@@ -2625,7 +2627,7 @@ void build_all_zonelists(void)
 
 	printk("Built %i zonelists in %s order, mobility grouping %s.  "
 		"Total pages: %ld\n",
-			num_online_nodes(),
+			nr_online_nodes,
 			zonelist_order_name[current_zonelist_order],
 			page_group_by_mobility_disabled ? "off" : "on",
 			vm_total_pages);
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 30354bfeb43d..1c950775d6be 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3737,7 +3737,7 @@ static int list_locations(struct kmem_cache *s, char *buf,
 						 to_cpumask(l->cpus));
 		}
 
-		if (num_online_nodes() > 1 && !nodes_empty(l->nodes) &&
+		if (nr_online_nodes > 1 && !nodes_empty(l->nodes) &&
 				len < PAGE_SIZE - 60) {
 			len += sprintf(buf + len, " nodes=");
 			len += nodelist_scnprintf(buf + len, PAGE_SIZE - len - 50,
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index 8847add6ca16..5ed8931dfe98 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ svc_pool_map_choose_mode(void)
 {
 	unsigned int node;
 
-	if (num_online_nodes() > 1) {
+	if (nr_online_nodes > 1) {
 		/*
 		 * Actually have multiple NUMA nodes,
 		 * so split pools on NUMA node boundaries