1 files changed, 3 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 96714e2646ad..0f1d2b8a952b 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static kmem_cache_t *sn_cache;
 
 /* Highest zone. An specific allocation for a zone below that is not
    policied. */
-static int policy_zone;
+int policy_zone = ZONE_DMA;
 
 struct mempolicy default_policy = {
         .refcnt = ATOMIC_INIT(1), /* never free it */
@@ -131,17 +131,8 @@ static struct zonelist *bind_zonelist(nodemask_t *nodes)
         if (!zl)
                 return NULL;
         num = 0;
-        for_each_node_mask(nd, *nodes) {
-                int k;
-                for (k = MAX_NR_ZONES-1; k >= 0; k--) {
-                        struct zone *z = &NODE_DATA(nd)->node_zones[k];
-                        if (!z->present_pages)
-                                continue;
-                        zl->zones[num++] = z;
-                        if (k > policy_zone)
-                                policy_zone = k;
-                }
-        }
+        for_each_node_mask(nd, *nodes)
+                zl->zones[num++] = &NODE_DATA(nd)->node_zones[policy_zone];
         zl->zones[num] = NULL;
         return zl;
 }