diff --git a/include/linux/migrate.h b/include/linux/migrate.h
index 5dba23a1c0d..48148e0cdbd 100644
--- a/include/linux/migrate.h
+++ b/include/linux/migrate.h
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ extern int fail_migrate_page(struct address_space *,
 			struct page *, struct page *);
 
 extern int migrate_prep(void);
-
+extern int migrate_vmas(struct mm_struct *mm,
+		const nodemask_t *from, const nodemask_t *to,
+		unsigned long flags);
 #else
 
 static inline int isolate_lru_page(struct page *p, struct list_head *list)
@@ -30,6 +32,13 @@ static inline int migrate_pages_to(struct list_head *pagelist,
 
 static inline int migrate_prep(void) { return -ENOSYS; }
 
+static inline int migrate_vmas(struct mm_struct *mm,
+		const nodemask_t *from, const nodemask_t *to,
+		unsigned long flags)
+{
+	return -ENOSYS;
+}
+
 /* Possible settings for the migrate_page() method in address_operations */
 #define migrate_page NULL
 #define fail_migrate_page NULL
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 71c5d2f667e..a929ea197e4 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ struct vm_operations_struct {
 	int (*set_policy)(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct mempolicy *new);
 	struct mempolicy *(*get_policy)(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 					unsigned long addr);
+	int (*migrate)(struct vm_area_struct *vma, const nodemask_t *from,
+		const nodemask_t *to, unsigned long flags);
 #endif
 };
 
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index ec4a1a950df..73e0f23b7f5 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -632,6 +632,10 @@ int do_migrate_pages(struct mm_struct *mm,
 
   	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 
+	err = migrate_vmas(mm, from_nodes, to_nodes, flags);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
 /*
  * Find a 'source' bit set in 'tmp' whose corresponding 'dest'
  * bit in 'to' is not also set in 'tmp'.  Clear the found 'source'
@@ -691,7 +695,7 @@ int do_migrate_pages(struct mm_struct *mm,
 		if (err < 0)
 			break;
 	}
-
+out:
 	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 1c2a71aa05c..0576c053598 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -976,3 +976,23 @@ out2:
 }
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Call migration functions in the vma_ops that may prepare
+ * memory in a vm for migration. migration functions may perform
+ * the migration for vmas that do not have an underlying page struct.
+ */
+int migrate_vmas(struct mm_struct *mm, const nodemask_t *to,
+	const nodemask_t *from, unsigned long flags)
+{
+ 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+ 	int err = 0;
+
+ 	for(vma = mm->mmap; vma->vm_next && !err; vma = vma->vm_next) {
+ 		if (vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->migrate) {
+ 			err = vma->vm_ops->migrate(vma, to, from, flags);
+ 			if (err)
+ 				break;
+ 		}
+ 	}
+ 	return err;
+}