diff --git a/include/linux/vmstat.h b/include/linux/vmstat.h
index 9f1b4b46151ebbebe40413a3368c18afa850704c..e726b6d464951b21debc8ace283343b26e5d3f57 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmstat.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmstat.h
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static inline unsigned long node_page_state(int node,
 		zone_page_state(&zones[ZONE_MOVABLE], item);
 }
 
-extern void zone_statistics(struct zonelist *, struct zone *);
+extern void zone_statistics(struct zone *, struct zone *);
 
 #else
 
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 63ff71830ea48a267b9afca6a0a329293e0ece77..187efd47a446769e27e252c13e3f42628bcbcc33 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ void split_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
  * we cheat by calling it from here, in the order > 0 path.  Saves a branch
  * or two.
  */
-static struct page *buffered_rmqueue(struct zonelist *zonelist,
+static struct page *buffered_rmqueue(struct zone *preferred_zone,
 			struct zone *zone, int order, gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ static struct page *buffered_rmqueue(struct zonelist *zonelist,
 	}
 
 	__count_zone_vm_events(PGALLOC, zone, 1 << order);
-	zone_statistics(zonelist, zone);
+	zone_statistics(preferred_zone, zone);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 	put_cpu();
 
@@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@ get_page_from_freelist(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 	struct zone **z;
 	struct page *page = NULL;
 	int classzone_idx = zone_idx(zonelist->zones[0]);
-	struct zone *zone;
+	struct zone *zone, *preferred_zone;
 	nodemask_t *allowednodes = NULL;/* zonelist_cache approximation */
 	int zlc_active = 0;		/* set if using zonelist_cache */
 	int did_zlc_setup = 0;		/* just call zlc_setup() one time */
@@ -1395,6 +1395,7 @@ get_page_from_freelist(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 	 * See also cpuset_zone_allowed() comment in kernel/cpuset.c.
 	 */
 	z = zonelist->zones;
+	preferred_zone = *z;
 
 	do {
 		/*
@@ -1433,7 +1434,7 @@ get_page_from_freelist(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 			}
 		}
 
-		page = buffered_rmqueue(zonelist, zone, order, gfp_mask);
+		page = buffered_rmqueue(preferred_zone, zone, order, gfp_mask);
 		if (page)
 			break;
 this_zone_full:
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 7c7286e9506d29479d263ddc5a54b159fef08ddd..879bcc0a1d4c77868880555409bab4918c390f8f 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -364,13 +364,13 @@ void refresh_cpu_vm_stats(int cpu)
  *
  * Must be called with interrupts disabled.
  */
-void zone_statistics(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct zone *z)
+void zone_statistics(struct zone *preferred_zone, struct zone *z)
 {
-	if (z->zone_pgdat == zonelist->zones[0]->zone_pgdat) {
+	if (z->zone_pgdat == preferred_zone->zone_pgdat) {
 		__inc_zone_state(z, NUMA_HIT);
 	} else {
 		__inc_zone_state(z, NUMA_MISS);
-		__inc_zone_state(zonelist->zones[0], NUMA_FOREIGN);
+		__inc_zone_state(preferred_zone, NUMA_FOREIGN);
 	}
 	if (z->node == numa_node_id())
 		__inc_zone_state(z, NUMA_LOCAL);