diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 1528c0b8d9bd..6ca0225335eb 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ static void mpol_rebind_policy(struct mempolicy *pol, const nodemask_t *newmask)
 {
 	if (!pol)
 		return;
-	if (!mpol_store_user_nodemask(pol) &&
+	if (!mpol_store_user_nodemask(pol) && !(pol->flags & MPOL_F_LOCAL) &&
 	    nodes_equal(pol->w.cpuset_mems_allowed, *newmask))
 		return;