diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 81a127643aea889675e9570ebee5653833e55e95..4a57f135b76e74741e7c7d285642067a3e18efe6 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1597,7 +1597,7 @@ unsigned slab_node(struct mempolicy *policy)
 		(void)first_zones_zonelist(zonelist, highest_zoneidx,
 							&policy->v.nodes,
 							&zone);
-		return zone->node;
+		return zone ? zone->node : numa_node_id();
 	}
 
 	default: