diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 8875dd10ae7ac77444db95e33c9fde83dde67512..2ea437e5acf4d9b0064b48c900d3fa1597573e3b 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1547,6 +1547,7 @@ static int do_execve_common(const char *filename,
 	current->fs->in_exec = 0;
 	current->in_execve = 0;
 	acct_update_integrals(current);
+	task_numa_free(current);
 	free_bprm(bprm);
 	if (displaced)
 		put_files_struct(displaced);
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 724482200b83e640667cc7a392bda015ef05b72d..f6385107c35243d9eecbce5861572b7fd4c1e103 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1458,6 +1458,7 @@ struct task_struct {
 extern void task_numa_fault(int last_node, int node, int pages, int flags);
 extern pid_t task_numa_group_id(struct task_struct *p);
 extern void set_numabalancing_state(bool enabled);
+extern void task_numa_free(struct task_struct *p);
 #else
 static inline void task_numa_fault(int last_node, int node, int pages,
 				   int flags)
@@ -1470,6 +1471,9 @@ static inline pid_t task_numa_group_id(struct task_struct *p)
 static inline void set_numabalancing_state(bool enabled)
 {
 }
+static inline void task_numa_free(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+}
 #endif
 
 static inline struct pid *task_pid(struct task_struct *task)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 4c40e13310e9527534da84a6d3e46b357db3ea4e..c4df2de6ca4a75b1905bfb9718a3ae2991e87bee 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -1418,6 +1418,7 @@ void task_numa_free(struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	struct numa_group *grp = p->numa_group;
 	int i;
+	void *numa_faults = p->numa_faults;
 
 	if (grp) {
 		for (i = 0; i < 2*nr_node_ids; i++)
@@ -1433,7 +1434,9 @@ void task_numa_free(struct task_struct *p)
 		put_numa_group(grp);
 	}
 
-	kfree(p->numa_faults);
+	p->numa_faults = NULL;
+	p->numa_faults_buffer = NULL;
+	kfree(numa_faults);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1452,6 +1455,10 @@ void task_numa_fault(int last_cpupid, int node, int pages, int flags)
 	if (!p->mm)
 		return;
 
+	/* Do not worry about placement if exiting */
+	if (p->state == TASK_DEAD)
+		return;
+
 	/* Allocate buffer to track faults on a per-node basis */
 	if (unlikely(!p->numa_faults)) {
 		int size = sizeof(*p->numa_faults) * 2 * nr_node_ids;
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 8037b10a256f2d1619fc3cfe3861197c8b52e128..eeb1923812a1285c89288de76d1115dac84ba83f 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -559,11 +559,6 @@ static inline u64 rq_clock_task(struct rq *rq)
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
 extern int migrate_task_to(struct task_struct *p, int cpu);
 extern int migrate_swap(struct task_struct *, struct task_struct *);
-extern void task_numa_free(struct task_struct *p);
-#else /* CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING */
-static inline void task_numa_free(struct task_struct *p)
-{
-}
 #endif /* CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP