diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index c314609185066ce8a9eb7a6047a291f48d8da9f5..c18d1f7cff84d2e4899cc738e81b72ad9e3ff8cc 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2631,9 +2631,16 @@ static int __parse_numa_zonelist_order(char *s)
 
 static __init int setup_numa_zonelist_order(char *s)
 {
-	if (s)
-		return __parse_numa_zonelist_order(s);
-	return 0;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!s)
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = __parse_numa_zonelist_order(s);
+	if (ret == 0)
+		strlcpy(numa_zonelist_order, s, NUMA_ZONELIST_ORDER_LEN);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 early_param("numa_zonelist_order", setup_numa_zonelist_order);