diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 0c14f8d52ee..c77b848c3d4 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ static void free_more_memory(void)
 						&zone);
 		if (zone)
 			try_to_free_pages(node_zonelist(nid, GFP_NOFS), 0,
-						GFP_NOFS);
+						GFP_NOFS, NULL);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index d3021557887..b8b0c4ce83e 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ static inline void lru_cache_add_active_file(struct page *page)
 
 /* linux/mm/vmscan.c */
 extern unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist, int order,
-					gfp_t gfp_mask);
+					gfp_t gfp_mask, nodemask_t *mask);
 extern unsigned long try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
 						  gfp_t gfp_mask, bool noswap,
 						  unsigned int swappiness);
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index cbd532161f6..0284e528748 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1582,7 +1582,8 @@ nofail_alloc:
 	reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab = 0;
 	p->reclaim_state = &reclaim_state;
 
-	did_some_progress = try_to_free_pages(zonelist, order, gfp_mask);
+	did_some_progress = try_to_free_pages(zonelist, order,
+						gfp_mask, nodemask);
 
 	p->reclaim_state = NULL;
 	lockdep_clear_current_reclaim_state();
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index f4619c6cd59..06e72693b45 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ struct scan_control {
 	/* Which cgroup do we reclaim from */
 	struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup;
 
+	/*
+	 * Nodemask of nodes allowed by the caller. If NULL, all nodes
+	 * are scanned.
+	 */
+	nodemask_t	*nodemask;
+
 	/* Pluggable isolate pages callback */
 	unsigned long (*isolate_pages)(unsigned long nr, struct list_head *dst,
 			unsigned long *scanned, int order, int mode,
@@ -1538,7 +1544,8 @@ static void shrink_zones(int priority, struct zonelist *zonelist,
 	struct zone *zone;
 
 	sc->all_unreclaimable = 1;
-	for_each_zone_zonelist(zone, z, zonelist, high_zoneidx) {
+	for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, zonelist, high_zoneidx,
+					sc->nodemask) {
 		if (!populated_zone(zone))
 			continue;
 		/*
@@ -1683,7 +1690,7 @@ out:
 }
 
 unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist, int order,
-								gfp_t gfp_mask)
+				gfp_t gfp_mask, nodemask_t *nodemask)
 {
 	struct scan_control sc = {
 		.gfp_mask = gfp_mask,
@@ -1694,6 +1701,7 @@ unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist, int order,
 		.order = order,
 		.mem_cgroup = NULL,
 		.isolate_pages = isolate_pages_global,
+		.nodemask = nodemask,
 	};
 
 	return do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist, &sc);
@@ -1714,6 +1722,7 @@ unsigned long try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(struct mem_cgroup *mem_cont,
 		.order = 0,
 		.mem_cgroup = mem_cont,
 		.isolate_pages = mem_cgroup_isolate_pages,
+		.nodemask = NULL, /* we don't care the placement */
 	};
 	struct zonelist *zonelist;