diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 2b28c849d75acf5dcbd7085c76256ec1054372a2..e2ee5b268797884427a4f81aff347980136de3e0 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ typedef struct kmem_cache kmem_cache_t;
 						   what is reclaimable later*/
 #define SLAB_PANIC		0x00040000UL	/* panic if kmem_cache_create() fails */
 #define SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU	0x00080000UL	/* defer freeing pages to RCU */
+#define SLAB_MEM_SPREAD		0x00100000UL	/* Spread some memory over cpuset */
 
 /* flags passed to a constructor func */
 #define	SLAB_CTOR_CONSTRUCTOR	0x001UL		/* if not set, then deconstructor */
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 1c8f5ee230d5dfeaf59fdcf5a1b6334cfa5f3691..de516658d3d868ec0b1ca40d1314b9420f0ceba2 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
 #include	<linux/interrupt.h>
 #include	<linux/init.h>
 #include	<linux/compiler.h>
+#include	<linux/cpuset.h>
 #include	<linux/seq_file.h>
 #include	<linux/notifier.h>
 #include	<linux/kallsyms.h>
@@ -173,12 +174,12 @@
 			 SLAB_CACHE_DMA | \
 			 SLAB_MUST_HWCACHE_ALIGN | SLAB_STORE_USER | \
 			 SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT | SLAB_PANIC | \
-			 SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU)
+			 SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU | SLAB_MEM_SPREAD)
 #else
 # define CREATE_MASK	(SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN | \
 			 SLAB_CACHE_DMA | SLAB_MUST_HWCACHE_ALIGN | \
 			 SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT | SLAB_PANIC | \
-			 SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU)
+			 SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU | SLAB_MEM_SPREAD)
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -2810,6 +2811,14 @@ static inline void *____cache_alloc(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t flags)
 	if (unlikely(current->mempolicy && !in_interrupt())) {
 		int nid = slab_node(current->mempolicy);
 
+		if (nid != numa_node_id())
+			return __cache_alloc_node(cachep, flags, nid);
+	}
+	if (unlikely(cpuset_do_slab_mem_spread() &&
+					(cachep->flags & SLAB_MEM_SPREAD) &&
+					!in_interrupt())) {
+		int nid = cpuset_mem_spread_node();
+
 		if (nid != numa_node_id())
 			return __cache_alloc_node(cachep, flags, nid);
 	}