diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 10e9c87260ed..18b74f02da71 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ static void mpol_rebind_preferred(struct mempolicy *pol,
  */
 static void mpol_rebind_policy(struct mempolicy *pol, const nodemask_t *newmask)
 {
-       if (!pol)
+       if (!pol || pol->mode == MPOL_LOCAL)
                return;
        if (!mpol_store_user_nodemask(pol) &&
            nodes_equal(pol->w.cpuset_mems_allowed, *newmask))