diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 3d1bf889465a0cc79ca0e84f254b6044eb309c33..3bac76ae4b30ec8a62042bdff9644e87ee181d3c 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1238,6 +1238,15 @@ void drain_zone_pages(struct zone *zone, struct per_cpu_pages *pcp)
 	}
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
+static bool gfp_thisnode_allocation(gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+	return (gfp_mask & GFP_THISNODE) == GFP_THISNODE;
+}
+#else
+static bool gfp_thisnode_allocation(gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+	return false;
+}
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -1574,7 +1583,13 @@ struct page *buffered_rmqueue(struct zone *preferred_zone,
 					  get_pageblock_migratetype(page));
 	}
 
-	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ALLOC_BATCH, -(1 << order));
+	/*
+	 * NOTE: GFP_THISNODE allocations do not partake in the kswapd
+	 * aging protocol, so they can't be fair.
+	 */
+	if (!gfp_thisnode_allocation(gfp_flags))
+		__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ALLOC_BATCH, -(1 << order));
+
 	__count_zone_vm_events(PGALLOC, zone, 1 << order);
 	zone_statistics(preferred_zone, zone, gfp_flags);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
@@ -1946,8 +1961,12 @@ get_page_from_freelist(gfp_t gfp_mask, nodemask_t *nodemask, unsigned int order,
 		 * ultimately fall back to remote zones that do not
 		 * partake in the fairness round-robin cycle of this
 		 * zonelist.
+		 *
+		 * NOTE: GFP_THISNODE allocations do not partake in
+		 * the kswapd aging protocol, so they can't be fair.
 		 */
-		if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_WMARK_LOW) {
+		if ((alloc_flags & ALLOC_WMARK_LOW) &&
+		    !gfp_thisnode_allocation(gfp_mask)) {
 			if (zone_page_state(zone, NR_ALLOC_BATCH) <= 0)
 				continue;
 			if (!zone_local(preferred_zone, zone))
@@ -2503,8 +2522,7 @@ __alloc_pages_slowpath(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 	 * allowed per node queues are empty and that nodes are
 	 * over allocated.
 	 */
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NUMA) &&
-			(gfp_mask & GFP_THISNODE) == GFP_THISNODE)
+	if (gfp_thisnode_allocation(gfp_mask))
 		goto nopage;
 
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