1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index e537317bec4d..b6aae2b33393 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -967,6 +967,8 @@ static inline int shmem_parse_mpol(char *value, int *policy, nodemask_t *policy_
                 *nodelist++ = '\0';
                 if (nodelist_parse(nodelist, *policy_nodes))
                         goto out;
+                if (!nodes_subset(*policy_nodes, node_online_map))
+                        goto out;
         }
         if (!strcmp(value, "default")) {
                 *policy = MPOL_DEFAULT;