diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index a810e95bca2b88b40dd883aa87ee7ccc67e0ebe7..b1fc75e7187b55455720731ad46a67802aaecdf6 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1344,6 +1344,7 @@ struct task_struct {
 	struct callback_head numa_work;
 
 	unsigned long *numa_faults;
+	int numa_preferred_nid;
 #endif /* CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING */
 
 	struct rcu_head rcu;
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 6808d35fd7edc5cce13f67e8971620e6eabc6425..d15cd70f85b5231628bd6ef8d551939384218c4e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -1633,6 +1633,7 @@ static void __sched_fork(struct task_struct *p)
 	p->numa_scan_seq = p->mm ? p->mm->numa_scan_seq : 0;
 	p->numa_migrate_seq = p->mm ? p->mm->numa_scan_seq - 1 : 0;
 	p->numa_scan_period = sysctl_numa_balancing_scan_delay;
+	p->numa_preferred_nid = -1;
 	p->numa_work.next = &p->numa_work;
 	p->numa_faults = NULL;
 #endif /* CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING */
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 0bb3e0aa110b21ea664a9c0a0f6224185c34fcd5..9efd34f63e8196c9ab56baa9fc3cdbf0e5185047 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -879,7 +879,8 @@ static unsigned int task_scan_max(struct task_struct *p)
 
 static void task_numa_placement(struct task_struct *p)
 {
-	int seq;
+	int seq, nid, max_nid = -1;
+	unsigned long max_faults = 0;
 
 	if (!p->mm)	/* for example, ksmd faulting in a user's mm */
 		return;
@@ -889,7 +890,19 @@ static void task_numa_placement(struct task_struct *p)
 	p->numa_scan_seq = seq;
 	p->numa_scan_period_max = task_scan_max(p);
 
-	/* FIXME: Scheduling placement policy hints go here */
+	/* Find the node with the highest number of faults */
+	for_each_online_node(nid) {
+		unsigned long faults = p->numa_faults[nid];
+		p->numa_faults[nid] >>= 1;
+		if (faults > max_faults) {
+			max_faults = faults;
+			max_nid = nid;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Update the tasks preferred node if necessary */
+	if (max_faults && max_nid != p->numa_preferred_nid)
+		p->numa_preferred_nid = max_nid;
 }
 
 /*