diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 4e67b45062384df856c5eb469bdf2c96469e0c3f..ef761d5c7025d668808085be92a3dfadd135a43d 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -6058,7 +6058,7 @@ static void build_zonelists(pg_data_t *pgdat)
 		 */
 		if (node_distance(local_node, node) !=
 		    node_distance(local_node, prev_node))
-			node_load[node] = load;
+			node_load[node] += load;
 
 		node_order[nr_nodes++] = node;
 		prev_node = node;