diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 2830bb8..d97839d 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@ enum zone_type policy_zone = 0;
  */
 static struct mempolicy default_policy = {
 	.refcnt = ATOMIC_INIT(1), /* never free it */
-	.mode = MPOL_PREFERRED,
-	.flags = MPOL_F_LOCAL,
+	.mode = MPOL_LOCAL,
 };
 
 static struct mempolicy preferred_node_policy[MAX_NUMNODES];
@@ -200,12 +199,9 @@ static int mpol_new_interleave(struct mempolicy *pol, const nodemask_t *nodes)
 
 static int mpol_new_preferred(struct mempolicy *pol, const nodemask_t *nodes)
 {
-	if (!nodes)
-		pol->flags |= MPOL_F_LOCAL;	/* local allocation */
-	else if (nodes_empty(*nodes))
-		return -EINVAL;			/*  no allowed nodes */
-	else
-		pol->v.preferred_node = first_node(*nodes);
+	if (nodes_empty(*nodes))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	pol->v.preferred_node = first_node(*nodes);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -217,6 +213,11 @@ static int mpol_new_bind(struct mempolicy *pol, const nodemask_t *nodes)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int mpol_new_local(struct mempolicy *pol, const nodemask_t *nodes)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * mpol_set_nodemask is called after mpol_new() to set up the nodemask, if
  * any, for the new policy.  mpol_new() has already validated the nodes
@@ -239,25 +240,19 @@ static int mpol_set_nodemask(struct mempolicy *pol,
 		  cpuset_current_mems_allowed, node_states[N_MEMORY]);
 
 	VM_BUG_ON(!nodes);
-	if (pol->mode == MPOL_PREFERRED && nodes_empty(*nodes))
-		nodes = NULL;	/* explicit local allocation */
-	else {
-		if (pol->flags & MPOL_F_RELATIVE_NODES)
-			mpol_relative_nodemask(&nsc->mask2, nodes, &nsc->mask1);
-		else
-			nodes_and(nsc->mask2, *nodes, nsc->mask1);
 
-		if (mpol_store_user_nodemask(pol))
-			pol->w.user_nodemask = *nodes;
-		else
-			pol->w.cpuset_mems_allowed =
-						cpuset_current_mems_allowed;
-	}
+	if (pol->flags & MPOL_F_RELATIVE_NODES)
+		mpol_relative_nodemask(&nsc->mask2, nodes, &nsc->mask1);
+	else
+		nodes_and(nsc->mask2, *nodes, nsc->mask1);
 
-	if (nodes)
-		ret = mpol_ops[pol->mode].create(pol, &nsc->mask2);
+	if (mpol_store_user_nodemask(pol))
+		pol->w.user_nodemask = *nodes;
 	else
-		ret = mpol_ops[pol->mode].create(pol, NULL);
+		pol->w.cpuset_mems_allowed =
+					cpuset_current_mems_allowed;
+
+	ret = mpol_ops[pol->mode].create(pol, &nsc->mask2);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -290,13 +285,14 @@ static struct mempolicy *mpol_new(unsigned short mode, unsigned short flags,
 			if (((flags & MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES) ||
 			     (flags & MPOL_F_RELATIVE_NODES)))
 				return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+			mode = MPOL_LOCAL;
 		}
 	} else if (mode == MPOL_LOCAL) {
 		if (!nodes_empty(*nodes) ||
 		    (flags & MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES) ||
 		    (flags & MPOL_F_RELATIVE_NODES))
 			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-		mode = MPOL_PREFERRED;
 	} else if (nodes_empty(*nodes))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	policy = kmem_cache_alloc(policy_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -427,6 +423,10 @@ static const struct mempolicy_operations mpol_ops[MPOL_MAX] = {
 		.create = mpol_new_bind,
 		.rebind = mpol_rebind_nodemask,
 	},
+	[MPOL_LOCAL] = {
+		.create = mpol_new_local,
+		.rebind = mpol_rebind_default,
+	},
 };
 
 static int migrate_page_add(struct page *page, struct list_head *pagelist,
@@ -1965,6 +1965,8 @@ unsigned int mempolicy_slab_node(void)
 							&policy->v.nodes);
 		return z->zone ? zone_to_nid(z->zone) : node;
 	}
+	case MPOL_LOCAL:
+		return node;
 
 	default:
 		BUG();
@@ -2089,6 +2091,11 @@ bool init_nodemask_of_mempolicy(nodemask_t *mask)
 		*mask =  mempolicy->v.nodes;
 		break;
 
+	case MPOL_LOCAL:
+		nid = numa_node_id();
+		init_nodemask_of_node(mask, nid);
+		break;
+
 	default:
 		BUG();
 	}
@@ -2333,6 +2340,8 @@ bool __mpol_equal(struct mempolicy *a, struct mempolicy *b)
 		if (a->flags & MPOL_F_LOCAL)
 			return true;
 		return a->v.preferred_node == b->v.preferred_node;
+	case MPOL_LOCAL:
+		return true;
 	default:
 		BUG();
 		return false;
@@ -2476,6 +2485,10 @@ int mpol_misplaced(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long
 			polnid = pol->v.preferred_node;
 		break;
 
+	case MPOL_LOCAL:
+		polnid = numa_node_id();
+		break;
+
 	case MPOL_BIND:
 		/* Optimize placement among multiple nodes via NUMA balancing */
 		if (pol->flags & MPOL_F_MORON) {
@@ -2920,7 +2933,6 @@ int mpol_parse_str(char *str, struct mempolicy **mpol)
 		 */
 		if (nodelist)
 			goto out;
-		mode = MPOL_PREFERRED;
 		break;
 	case MPOL_DEFAULT:
 		/*
@@ -2964,7 +2976,7 @@ int mpol_parse_str(char *str, struct mempolicy **mpol)
 	else if (nodelist)
 		new->v.preferred_node = first_node(nodes);
 	else
-		new->flags |= MPOL_F_LOCAL;
+		new->mode = MPOL_LOCAL;
 
 	/*
 	 * Save nodes for contextualization: this will be used to "clone"
