diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index 40e1835b35e8..c900b73f9224 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -263,8 +263,12 @@ static void __cpuinit srat_detect_node(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	/* Don't do the funky fallback heuristics the AMD version employs
 	   for now. */
 	node = apicid_to_node[apicid];
-	if (node == NUMA_NO_NODE || !node_online(node))
+	if (node == NUMA_NO_NODE)
 		node = first_node(node_online_map);
+	else if (!node_online(node)) {
+		/* reuse the value from init_cpu_to_node() */
+		node = cpu_to_node(cpu);
+	}
 	numa_set_node(cpu, node);
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "CPU %d/0x%x -> Node %d\n", cpu, apicid, node);
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/numa_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/numa_64.c
index 3acd870d316a..83bbc70d11bb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/numa_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/numa_64.c
@@ -764,6 +764,25 @@ static __init int numa_setup(char *opt)
 early_param("numa", numa_setup);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
+
+static __init int find_near_online_node(int node)
+{
+	int n, val;
+	int min_val = INT_MAX;
+	int best_node = -1;
+
+	for_each_online_node(n) {
+		val = node_distance(node, n);
+
+		if (val < min_val) {
+			min_val = val;
+			best_node = n;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return best_node;
+}
+
 /*
  * Setup early cpu_to_node.
  *
@@ -795,7 +814,7 @@ void __init init_cpu_to_node(void)
 		if (node == NUMA_NO_NODE)
 			continue;
 		if (!node_online(node))
-			continue;
+			node = find_near_online_node(node);
 		numa_set_node(cpu, node);
 	}
 }