diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index d052abbe3063d883876e3b1c28f0e165e3f46971..5cc986eb9f6f605c0b88246a700d4ac46afd4b7f 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2544,7 +2544,6 @@ static void build_zonelists(pg_data_t *pgdat)
 	prev_node = local_node;
 	nodes_clear(used_mask);
 
-	memset(node_load, 0, sizeof(node_load));
 	memset(node_order, 0, sizeof(node_order));
 	j = 0;
 
@@ -2653,6 +2652,9 @@ static int __build_all_zonelists(void *dummy)
 {
 	int nid;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
+	memset(node_load, 0, sizeof(node_load));
+#endif
 	for_each_online_node(nid) {
 		pg_data_t *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);