diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index ecf663358b0d3d732a405be72d6098c9ee85e469..5c469c1dfb8bd420c9c0b353cfb24f74a374afa4 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3636,6 +3636,12 @@ __alloc_pages_nodemask(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 	alloc_mask = memalloc_noio_flags(gfp_mask);
 	ac.spread_dirty_pages = false;
 
+	/*
+	 * Restore the original nodemask if it was potentially replaced with
+	 * &cpuset_current_mems_allowed to optimize the fast-path attempt.
+	 */
+	if (cpusets_enabled())
+		ac.nodemask = nodemask;
 	page = __alloc_pages_slowpath(alloc_mask, order, &ac);
 
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