diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index 1a4582b44d3273d41d5e0e65ca38857cee14561e..fc5ab85278d5fb2ff1f32c1f66b1aca1befc21a0 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ static inline struct page *
 __alloc_pages_node(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
 {
 	VM_BUG_ON(nid < 0 || nid >= MAX_NUMNODES);
-	VM_WARN_ON(!node_online(nid));
+	VM_WARN_ON((gfp_mask & __GFP_THISNODE) && !node_online(nid));
 
 	return __alloc_pages(gfp_mask, order, nid);
 }