diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 18f1ae2b45d..fe36205a7f8 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ static enum oom_constraint constrained_alloc(struct zonelist *zonelist,
 	 * the page allocator means a mempolicy is in effect.  Cpuset policy
 	 * is enforced in get_page_from_freelist().
 	 */
-	if (nodemask && !nodes_subset(node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY], *nodemask)) {
+	if (nodemask && !nodes_subset(node_states[N_MEMORY], *nodemask)) {
 		*totalpages = total_swap_pages;
 		for_each_node_mask(nid, *nodemask)
 			*totalpages += node_spanned_pages(nid);