diff --git a/include/linux/nodemask.h b/include/linux/nodemask.h
index b359c4a9ec9..ca9b489a27f 100644
--- a/include/linux/nodemask.h
+++ b/include/linux/nodemask.h
@@ -481,14 +481,14 @@ static inline int num_node_state(enum node_states state)
 
 /*
  * For nodemask scrach area.(See CPUMASK_ALLOC() in cpumask.h)
+ * NODEMASK_ALLOC(x, m) allocates an object of type 'x' with the name 'm'.
  */
-
 #if NODES_SHIFT > 8 /* nodemask_t > 64 bytes */
-#define NODEMASK_ALLOC(x, m) struct x *m = kmalloc(sizeof(*m), GFP_KERNEL)
-#define NODEMASK_FREE(m) kfree(m)
+#define NODEMASK_ALLOC(x, m)		x *m = kmalloc(sizeof(*m), GFP_KERNEL)
+#define NODEMASK_FREE(m)		kfree(m)
 #else
-#define NODEMASK_ALLOC(x, m) struct x _m, *m = &_m
-#define NODEMASK_FREE(m)
+#define NODEMASK_ALLOC(x, m)		x _m, *m = &_m
+#define NODEMASK_FREE(m)		do {} while (0)
 #endif
 
 /* A example struture for using NODEMASK_ALLOC, used in mempolicy. */
@@ -497,8 +497,9 @@ struct nodemask_scratch {
 	nodemask_t	mask2;
 };
 
-#define NODEMASK_SCRATCH(x) NODEMASK_ALLOC(nodemask_scratch, x)
-#define NODEMASK_SCRATCH_FREE(x)  NODEMASK_FREE(x)
+#define NODEMASK_SCRATCH(x)	\
+		NODEMASK_ALLOC(struct nodemask_scratch, x)
+#define NODEMASK_SCRATCH_FREE(x)	NODEMASK_FREE(x)
 
 
 #endif /* __LINUX_NODEMASK_H */