diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 9c4ca7433d9d6d89aa6bad857b5299ae1bbe5577..5e8759b1b428082e4f90909107583b4caa1e5b3f 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ struct task_struct {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 	/* Protected by alloc_lock: */
 	struct mempolicy		*mempolicy;
-	short				il_next;
+	short				il_prev;
 	short				pref_node_fork;
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 37d0b334bfe9f09222a9626a99b91f4bfca9d784..d77177c7283b397dde420c2f0680b2e290105987 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -349,12 +349,6 @@ static void mpol_rebind_nodemask(struct mempolicy *pol, const nodemask_t *nodes,
 		pol->v.nodes = tmp;
 	else
 		BUG();
-
-	if (!node_isset(current->il_next, tmp)) {
-		current->il_next = next_node_in(current->il_next, tmp);
-		if (current->il_next >= MAX_NUMNODES)
-			current->il_next = numa_node_id();
-	}
 }
 
 static void mpol_rebind_preferred(struct mempolicy *pol,
@@ -812,9 +806,8 @@ static long do_set_mempolicy(unsigned short mode, unsigned short flags,
 	}
 	old = current->mempolicy;
 	current->mempolicy = new;
-	if (new && new->mode == MPOL_INTERLEAVE &&
-	    nodes_weight(new->v.nodes))
-		current->il_next = first_node(new->v.nodes);
+	if (new && new->mode == MPOL_INTERLEAVE)
+		current->il_prev = MAX_NUMNODES-1;
 	task_unlock(current);
 	mpol_put(old);
 	ret = 0;
@@ -916,7 +909,7 @@ static long do_get_mempolicy(int *policy, nodemask_t *nmask,
 			*policy = err;
 		} else if (pol == current->mempolicy &&
 				pol->mode == MPOL_INTERLEAVE) {
-			*policy = current->il_next;
+			*policy = next_node_in(current->il_prev, pol->v.nodes);
 		} else {
 			err = -EINVAL;
 			goto out;
@@ -1697,14 +1690,13 @@ static struct zonelist *policy_zonelist(gfp_t gfp, struct mempolicy *policy,
 /* Do dynamic interleaving for a process */
 static unsigned interleave_nodes(struct mempolicy *policy)
 {
-	unsigned nid, next;
+	unsigned next;
 	struct task_struct *me = current;
 
-	nid = me->il_next;
-	next = next_node_in(nid, policy->v.nodes);
+	next = next_node_in(me->il_prev, policy->v.nodes);
 	if (next < MAX_NUMNODES)
-		me->il_next = next;
-	return nid;
+		me->il_prev = next;
+	return next;
 }
 
 /*