diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 90c1439549f..f4967910c96 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2034,6 +2034,14 @@ restart:
 	 */
 	alloc_flags = gfp_to_alloc_flags(gfp_mask);
 
+	/*
+	 * Find the true preferred zone if the allocation is unconstrained by
+	 * cpusets.
+	 */
+	if (!(alloc_flags & ALLOC_CPUSET) && !nodemask)
+		first_zones_zonelist(zonelist, high_zoneidx, NULL,
+					&preferred_zone);
+
 	/* This is the last chance, in general, before the goto nopage. */
 	page = get_page_from_freelist(gfp_mask, nodemask, order, zonelist,
 			high_zoneidx, alloc_flags & ~ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS,
@@ -2192,7 +2200,9 @@ __alloc_pages_nodemask(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 
 	get_mems_allowed();
 	/* The preferred zone is used for statistics later */
-	first_zones_zonelist(zonelist, high_zoneidx, nodemask, &preferred_zone);
+	first_zones_zonelist(zonelist, high_zoneidx,
+				nodemask ? : &cpuset_current_mems_allowed,
+				&preferred_zone);
 	if (!preferred_zone) {
 		put_mems_allowed();
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index f5d90dedebb..148c6e630df 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2083,7 +2083,8 @@ static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
 			struct zone *preferred_zone;
 
 			first_zones_zonelist(zonelist, gfp_zone(sc->gfp_mask),
-							NULL, &preferred_zone);
+						&cpuset_current_mems_allowed,
+						&preferred_zone);
 			wait_iff_congested(preferred_zone, BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
 		}
 	}