diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index 7326d51eefe..6eae6639e85 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -1851,6 +1851,7 @@ static void scan_for_empty_cpusets(const struct cpuset *root)
 	struct cpuset *child;	/* scans child cpusets of cp */
 	struct list_head queue;
 	struct cgroup *cont;
+	nodemask_t oldmems;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&queue);
 
@@ -1870,6 +1871,8 @@ static void scan_for_empty_cpusets(const struct cpuset *root)
 		    nodes_subset(cp->mems_allowed, node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY]))
 			continue;
 
+		oldmems = cp->mems_allowed;
+
 		/* Remove offline cpus and mems from this cpuset. */
 		mutex_lock(&callback_mutex);
 		cpus_and(cp->cpus_allowed, cp->cpus_allowed, cpu_online_map);
@@ -1881,6 +1884,10 @@ static void scan_for_empty_cpusets(const struct cpuset *root)
 		if (cpus_empty(cp->cpus_allowed) ||
 		     nodes_empty(cp->mems_allowed))
 			remove_tasks_in_empty_cpuset(cp);
+		else {
+			update_tasks_cpumask(cp);
+			update_tasks_nodemask(cp, &oldmems);
+		}
 	}
 }