diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 4721046a134a..69d05acfa18c 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -945,7 +945,8 @@ static struct page *new_node_page(struct page *page, unsigned long node, int **x
 		return alloc_huge_page_node(page_hstate(compound_head(page)),
 					node);
 	else
-		return alloc_pages_exact_node(node, GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE, 0);
+		return alloc_pages_exact_node(node, GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE |
+						    __GFP_THISNODE, 0);
 }
 
 /*