diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index dca31761b311..bfb8f934521e 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
 #define ___GFP_NOTRACK		0
 #endif
 #define ___GFP_NO_KSWAPD	0x400000u
+#define ___GFP_OTHER_NODE	0x800000u
 
 /*
  * GFP bitmasks..
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
 #define __GFP_NOTRACK	((__force gfp_t)___GFP_NOTRACK)  /* Don't track with kmemcheck */
 
 #define __GFP_NO_KSWAPD	((__force gfp_t)___GFP_NO_KSWAPD)
+#define __GFP_OTHER_NODE ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_OTHER_NODE) /* On behalf of other node */
 
 /*
  * This may seem redundant, but it's a way of annotating false positives vs.
diff --git a/include/linux/vmstat.h b/include/linux/vmstat.h
index 833e676d6d92..461c0119664f 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmstat.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmstat.h
@@ -220,12 +220,12 @@ static inline unsigned long node_page_state(int node,
 		zone_page_state(&zones[ZONE_MOVABLE], item);
 }
 
-extern void zone_statistics(struct zone *, struct zone *);
+extern void zone_statistics(struct zone *, struct zone *, gfp_t gfp);
 
 #else
 
 #define node_page_state(node, item) global_page_state(item)
-#define zone_statistics(_zl,_z) do { } while (0)
+#define zone_statistics(_zl, _z, gfp) do { } while (0)
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_NUMA */
 
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 6d0032bdb5d8..136a547262a0 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ again:
 	}
 
 	__count_zone_vm_events(PGALLOC, zone, 1 << order);
-	zone_statistics(preferred_zone, zone);
+	zone_statistics(preferred_zone, zone, gfp_flags);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 
 	VM_BUG_ON(bad_range(zone, page));
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 0c3b5048773e..772b39b87d95 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -500,8 +500,12 @@ void refresh_cpu_vm_stats(int cpu)
  * z 	    = the zone from which the allocation occurred.
  *
  * Must be called with interrupts disabled.
+ *
+ * When __GFP_OTHER_NODE is set assume the node of the preferred
+ * zone is the local node. This is useful for daemons who allocate
+ * memory on behalf of other processes.
  */
-void zone_statistics(struct zone *preferred_zone, struct zone *z)
+void zone_statistics(struct zone *preferred_zone, struct zone *z, gfp_t flags)
 {
 	if (z->zone_pgdat == preferred_zone->zone_pgdat) {
 		__inc_zone_state(z, NUMA_HIT);
@@ -509,7 +513,8 @@ void zone_statistics(struct zone *preferred_zone, struct zone *z)
 		__inc_zone_state(z, NUMA_MISS);
 		__inc_zone_state(preferred_zone, NUMA_FOREIGN);
 	}
-	if (z->node == numa_node_id())
+	if (z->node == ((flags & __GFP_OTHER_NODE) ?
+			preferred_zone->node : numa_node_id()))
 		__inc_zone_state(z, NUMA_LOCAL);
 	else
 		__inc_zone_state(z, NUMA_OTHER);