diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 6b1d426731ae..27022ca890f8 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -123,16 +123,19 @@ static struct mempolicy preferred_node_policy[MAX_NUMNODES];
 static struct mempolicy *get_task_policy(struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	struct mempolicy *pol = p->mempolicy;
-	int node;
 
 	if (!pol) {
-		node = numa_node_id();
-		if (node != NUMA_NO_NODE)
-			pol = &preferred_node_policy[node];
+		int node = numa_node_id();
 
-		/* preferred_node_policy is not initialised early in boot */
-		if (!pol->mode)
-			pol = NULL;
+		if (node != NUMA_NO_NODE) {
+			pol = &preferred_node_policy[node];
+			/*
+			 * preferred_node_policy is not initialised early in
+			 * boot
+			 */
+			if (!pol->mode)
+				pol = NULL;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return pol;