diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h
index 84ad11f65dc281e6eddd34b40396830f40afd130..32adf7280720a5d5a0de9b30d078bc535175c9f6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ struct device_node;
  */
 #define RECLAIM_DISTANCE 10
 
+/*
+ * Before going off node we want the VM to try and reclaim from the local
+ * node. It does this if the remote distance is larger than RECLAIM_DISTANCE.
+ * With the default REMOTE_DISTANCE of 20 and the default RECLAIM_DISTANCE of
+ * 20, we never reclaim and go off node straight away.
+ *
+ * To fix this we choose a smaller value of RECLAIM_DISTANCE.
+ */
+#define RECLAIM_DISTANCE 10
+
 #include <asm/mmzone.h>
 
 static inline int cpu_to_node(int cpu)