diff --git a/drivers/base/node.c b/drivers/base/node.c
index f449dbb2c746..443a609db428 100644
--- a/drivers/base/node.c
+++ b/drivers/base/node.c
@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(meminfo, 0444, node_read_meminfo, NULL);
 static ssize_t node_read_numastat(struct device *dev,
 				  struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
+	fold_vm_numa_events();
 	return sysfs_emit(buf,
 			  "numa_hit %lu\n"
 			  "numa_miss %lu\n"
@@ -491,12 +492,12 @@ static ssize_t node_read_numastat(struct device *dev,
 			  "interleave_hit %lu\n"
 			  "local_node %lu\n"
 			  "other_node %lu\n",
-			  sum_zone_numa_state(dev->id, NUMA_HIT),
-			  sum_zone_numa_state(dev->id, NUMA_MISS),
-			  sum_zone_numa_state(dev->id, NUMA_FOREIGN),
-			  sum_zone_numa_state(dev->id, NUMA_INTERLEAVE_HIT),
-			  sum_zone_numa_state(dev->id, NUMA_LOCAL),
-			  sum_zone_numa_state(dev->id, NUMA_OTHER));
+			  sum_zone_numa_event_state(dev->id, NUMA_HIT),
+			  sum_zone_numa_event_state(dev->id, NUMA_MISS),
+			  sum_zone_numa_event_state(dev->id, NUMA_FOREIGN),
+			  sum_zone_numa_event_state(dev->id, NUMA_INTERLEAVE_HIT),
+			  sum_zone_numa_event_state(dev->id, NUMA_LOCAL),
+			  sum_zone_numa_event_state(dev->id, NUMA_OTHER));
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(numastat, 0444, node_read_numastat, NULL);
 
@@ -514,10 +515,11 @@ static ssize_t node_read_vmstat(struct device *dev,
 				     sum_zone_node_page_state(nid, i));
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-	for (i = 0; i < NR_VM_NUMA_STAT_ITEMS; i++)
+	fold_vm_numa_events();
+	for (i = 0; i < NR_VM_NUMA_EVENT_ITEMS; i++)
 		len += sysfs_emit_at(buf, len, "%s %lu\n",
 				     numa_stat_name(i),
-				     sum_zone_numa_state(nid, i));
+				     sum_zone_numa_event_state(nid, i));
 
 #endif
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_VM_NODE_STAT_ITEMS; i++) {
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 106da8fbc72a..693cd5f24f7d 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -135,10 +135,10 @@ enum numa_stat_item {
 	NUMA_INTERLEAVE_HIT,	/* interleaver preferred this zone */
 	NUMA_LOCAL,		/* allocation from local node */
 	NUMA_OTHER,		/* allocation from other node */
-	NR_VM_NUMA_STAT_ITEMS
+	NR_VM_NUMA_EVENT_ITEMS
 };
 #else
-#define NR_VM_NUMA_STAT_ITEMS 0
+#define NR_VM_NUMA_EVENT_ITEMS 0
 #endif
 
 enum zone_stat_item {
@@ -357,7 +357,10 @@ struct per_cpu_zonestat {
 	s8 stat_threshold;
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-	u16 vm_numa_stat_diff[NR_VM_NUMA_STAT_ITEMS];
+	u16 vm_numa_stat_diff[NR_VM_NUMA_EVENT_ITEMS];
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
+	unsigned long vm_numa_event[NR_VM_NUMA_EVENT_ITEMS];
 #endif
 };
 
@@ -609,7 +612,7 @@ struct zone {
 	ZONE_PADDING(_pad3_)
 	/* Zone statistics */
 	atomic_long_t		vm_stat[NR_VM_ZONE_STAT_ITEMS];
-	atomic_long_t		vm_numa_stat[NR_VM_NUMA_STAT_ITEMS];
+	atomic_long_t		vm_numa_events[NR_VM_NUMA_EVENT_ITEMS];
 } ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp;
 
 enum pgdat_flags {
diff --git a/include/linux/vmstat.h b/include/linux/vmstat.h
index 1736ea9d24a7..fc14415223c5 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmstat.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmstat.h
@@ -138,35 +138,27 @@ static inline void vm_events_fold_cpu(int cpu)
  * Zone and node-based page accounting with per cpu differentials.
  */
 extern atomic_long_t vm_zone_stat[NR_VM_ZONE_STAT_ITEMS];
-extern atomic_long_t vm_numa_stat[NR_VM_NUMA_STAT_ITEMS];
 extern atomic_long_t vm_node_stat[NR_VM_NODE_STAT_ITEMS];
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-static inline void zone_numa_state_add(long x, struct zone *zone,
-				 enum numa_stat_item item)
-{
-	atomic_long_add(x, &zone->vm_numa_stat[item]);
-	atomic_long_add(x, &vm_numa_stat[item]);
-}
-
-static inline unsigned long global_numa_state(enum numa_stat_item item)
+static inline unsigned long zone_numa_event_state(struct zone *zone,
+					enum numa_stat_item item)
 {
-	long x = atomic_long_read(&vm_numa_stat[item]);
-
-	return x;
+	return atomic_long_read(&zone->vm_numa_events[item]);
 }
 
-static inline unsigned long zone_numa_state_snapshot(struct zone *zone,
-					enum numa_stat_item item)
+static inline unsigned long
+global_numa_event_state(enum numa_stat_item item)
 {
-	long x = atomic_long_read(&zone->vm_numa_stat[item]);
-	int cpu;
+	struct zone *zone;
+	unsigned long x = 0;
 
-	for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
-		x += per_cpu_ptr(zone->per_cpu_zonestats, cpu)->vm_numa_stat_diff[item];
+	for_each_populated_zone(zone)
+		x += zone_numa_event_state(zone, item);
 
 	return x;
 }
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_NUMA */
 
 static inline void zone_page_state_add(long x, struct zone *zone,
@@ -245,18 +237,22 @@ static inline unsigned long zone_page_state_snapshot(struct zone *zone,
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-extern void __inc_numa_state(struct zone *zone, enum numa_stat_item item);
+extern void __count_numa_event(struct zone *zone, enum numa_stat_item item);
 extern unsigned long sum_zone_node_page_state(int node,
 					      enum zone_stat_item item);
-extern unsigned long sum_zone_numa_state(int node, enum numa_stat_item item);
+extern unsigned long sum_zone_numa_event_state(int node, enum numa_stat_item item);
 extern unsigned long node_page_state(struct pglist_data *pgdat,
 						enum node_stat_item item);
 extern unsigned long node_page_state_pages(struct pglist_data *pgdat,
 					   enum node_stat_item item);
+extern void fold_vm_numa_events(void);
 #else
 #define sum_zone_node_page_state(node, item) global_zone_page_state(item)
 #define node_page_state(node, item) global_node_page_state(item)
 #define node_page_state_pages(node, item) global_node_page_state_pages(item)
+static inline void fold_vm_numa_events(void)
+{
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_NUMA */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
@@ -428,7 +424,7 @@ static inline const char *numa_stat_name(enum numa_stat_item item)
 static inline const char *node_stat_name(enum node_stat_item item)
 {
 	return vmstat_text[NR_VM_ZONE_STAT_ITEMS +
-			   NR_VM_NUMA_STAT_ITEMS +
+			   NR_VM_NUMA_EVENT_ITEMS +
 			   item];
 }
 
@@ -440,7 +436,7 @@ static inline const char *lru_list_name(enum lru_list lru)
 static inline const char *writeback_stat_name(enum writeback_stat_item item)
 {
 	return vmstat_text[NR_VM_ZONE_STAT_ITEMS +
-			   NR_VM_NUMA_STAT_ITEMS +
+			   NR_VM_NUMA_EVENT_ITEMS +
 			   NR_VM_NODE_STAT_ITEMS +
 			   item];
 }
@@ -449,7 +445,7 @@ static inline const char *writeback_stat_name(enum writeback_stat_item item)
 static inline const char *vm_event_name(enum vm_event_item item)
 {
 	return vmstat_text[NR_VM_ZONE_STAT_ITEMS +
-			   NR_VM_NUMA_STAT_ITEMS +
+			   NR_VM_NUMA_EVENT_ITEMS +
 			   NR_VM_NODE_STAT_ITEMS +
 			   NR_VM_WRITEBACK_STAT_ITEMS +
 			   item];
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index cd0295567a04..99c06a9ae7ee 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -2146,7 +2146,7 @@ static struct page *alloc_page_interleave(gfp_t gfp, unsigned order,
 		return page;
 	if (page && page_to_nid(page) == nid) {
 		preempt_disable();
-		__inc_numa_state(page_zone(page), NUMA_INTERLEAVE_HIT);
+		__count_numa_event(page_zone(page), NUMA_INTERLEAVE_HIT);
 		preempt_enable();
 	}
 	return page;
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 4e92d43c25f6..9d0f047647e3 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3424,12 +3424,12 @@ static inline void zone_statistics(struct zone *preferred_zone, struct zone *z)
 		local_stat = NUMA_OTHER;
 
 	if (zone_to_nid(z) == zone_to_nid(preferred_zone))
-		__inc_numa_state(z, NUMA_HIT);
+		__count_numa_event(z, NUMA_HIT);
 	else {
-		__inc_numa_state(z, NUMA_MISS);
-		__inc_numa_state(preferred_zone, NUMA_FOREIGN);
+		__count_numa_event(z, NUMA_MISS);
+		__count_numa_event(preferred_zone, NUMA_FOREIGN);
 	}
-	__inc_numa_state(z, local_stat);
+	__count_numa_event(z, local_stat);
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -6700,8 +6700,8 @@ void __init setup_per_cpu_pageset(void)
 	 */
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
 		struct per_cpu_zonestat *pzstats = &per_cpu(boot_zonestats, cpu);
-		memset(pzstats->vm_numa_stat_diff, 0,
-		       sizeof(pzstats->vm_numa_stat_diff));
+		memset(pzstats->vm_numa_event, 0,
+		       sizeof(pzstats->vm_numa_event));
 	}
 #endif
 
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 8a8f1a26b231..63bd84d122c0 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -41,38 +41,24 @@ static void zero_zone_numa_counters(struct zone *zone)
 {
 	int item, cpu;
 
-	for (item = 0; item < NR_VM_NUMA_STAT_ITEMS; item++) {
-		atomic_long_set(&zone->vm_numa_stat[item], 0);
-		for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
-			per_cpu_ptr(zone->per_cpu_zonestats, cpu)->vm_numa_stat_diff[item]
+	for (item = 0; item < NR_VM_NUMA_EVENT_ITEMS; item++) {
+		atomic_long_set(&zone->vm_numa_events[item], 0);
+		for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
+			per_cpu_ptr(zone->per_cpu_zonestats, cpu)->vm_numa_event[item]
 						= 0;
+		}
 	}
 }
 
-/* zero numa counters of all the populated zones */
-static void zero_zones_numa_counters(void)
+static void invalidate_numa_statistics(void)
 {
 	struct zone *zone;
 
+	/* zero numa counters of all the populated zones */
 	for_each_populated_zone(zone)
 		zero_zone_numa_counters(zone);
 }
 
-/* zero global numa counters */
-static void zero_global_numa_counters(void)
-{
-	int item;
-
-	for (item = 0; item < NR_VM_NUMA_STAT_ITEMS; item++)
-		atomic_long_set(&vm_numa_stat[item], 0);
-}
-
-static void invalid_numa_statistics(void)
-{
-	zero_zones_numa_counters();
-	zero_global_numa_counters();
-}
-
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(vm_numa_stat_lock);
 
 int sysctl_vm_numa_stat_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
@@ -94,7 +80,7 @@ int sysctl_vm_numa_stat_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		pr_info("enable numa statistics\n");
 	} else {
 		static_branch_disable(&vm_numa_stat_key);
-		invalid_numa_statistics();
+		invalidate_numa_statistics();
 		pr_info("disable numa statistics, and clear numa counters\n");
 	}
 
@@ -161,10 +147,8 @@ void vm_events_fold_cpu(int cpu)
  * vm_stat contains the global counters
  */
 atomic_long_t vm_zone_stat[NR_VM_ZONE_STAT_ITEMS] __cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
-atomic_long_t vm_numa_stat[NR_VM_NUMA_STAT_ITEMS] __cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 atomic_long_t vm_node_stat[NR_VM_NODE_STAT_ITEMS] __cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_zone_stat);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_numa_stat);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_node_stat);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
@@ -706,8 +690,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dec_node_page_state);
  * Fold a differential into the global counters.
  * Returns the number of counters updated.
  */
-#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-static int fold_diff(int *zone_diff, int *numa_diff, int *node_diff)
+static int fold_diff(int *zone_diff, int *node_diff)
 {
 	int i;
 	int changes = 0;
@@ -718,12 +701,6 @@ static int fold_diff(int *zone_diff, int *numa_diff, int *node_diff)
 			changes++;
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < NR_VM_NUMA_STAT_ITEMS; i++)
-		if (numa_diff[i]) {
-			atomic_long_add(numa_diff[i], &vm_numa_stat[i]);
-			changes++;
-	}
-
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_VM_NODE_STAT_ITEMS; i++)
 		if (node_diff[i]) {
 			atomic_long_add(node_diff[i], &vm_node_stat[i]);
@@ -731,26 +708,36 @@ static int fold_diff(int *zone_diff, int *numa_diff, int *node_diff)
 	}
 	return changes;
 }
-#else
-static int fold_diff(int *zone_diff, int *node_diff)
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
+static void fold_vm_zone_numa_events(struct zone *zone)
 {
-	int i;
-	int changes = 0;
+	int zone_numa_events[NR_VM_NUMA_EVENT_ITEMS] = { 0, };
+	int cpu;
+	enum numa_stat_item item;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < NR_VM_ZONE_STAT_ITEMS; i++)
-		if (zone_diff[i]) {
-			atomic_long_add(zone_diff[i], &vm_zone_stat[i]);
-			changes++;
+	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
+		struct per_cpu_zonestat *pzstats;
+
+		pzstats = per_cpu_ptr(zone->per_cpu_zonestats, cpu);
+		for (item = 0; item < NR_VM_NUMA_EVENT_ITEMS; item++) {
+			zone_numa_events[item] += pzstats->vm_numa_event[item];
+		}
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < NR_VM_NODE_STAT_ITEMS; i++)
-		if (node_diff[i]) {
-			atomic_long_add(node_diff[i], &vm_node_stat[i]);
-			changes++;
+	for (item = 0; item < NR_VM_NUMA_EVENT_ITEMS; item++) {
+		atomic_long_set(&zone->vm_numa_events[item], zone_numa_events[item]);
 	}
-	return changes;
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_NUMA */
+
+void fold_vm_numa_events(void)
+{
+	struct zone *zone;
+
+	for_each_populated_zone(zone)
+		fold_vm_zone_numa_events(zone);
+}
+#endif
 
 /*
  * Update the zone counters for the current cpu.
@@ -774,9 +761,6 @@ static int refresh_cpu_vm_stats(bool do_pagesets)
 	struct zone *zone;
 	int i;
 	int global_zone_diff[NR_VM_ZONE_STAT_ITEMS] = { 0, };
-#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-	int global_numa_diff[NR_VM_NUMA_STAT_ITEMS] = { 0, };
-#endif
 	int global_node_diff[NR_VM_NODE_STAT_ITEMS] = { 0, };
 	int changes = 0;
 
@@ -799,17 +783,6 @@ static int refresh_cpu_vm_stats(bool do_pagesets)
 			}
 		}
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-		for (i = 0; i < NR_VM_NUMA_STAT_ITEMS; i++) {
-			int v;
-
-			v = this_cpu_xchg(pzstats->vm_numa_stat_diff[i], 0);
-			if (v) {
-
-				atomic_long_add(v, &zone->vm_numa_stat[i]);
-				global_numa_diff[i] += v;
-				__this_cpu_write(pcp->expire, 3);
-			}
-		}
 
 		if (do_pagesets) {
 			cond_resched();
@@ -857,12 +830,7 @@ static int refresh_cpu_vm_stats(bool do_pagesets)
 		}
 	}
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-	changes += fold_diff(global_zone_diff, global_numa_diff,
-			     global_node_diff);
-#else
 	changes += fold_diff(global_zone_diff, global_node_diff);
-#endif
 	return changes;
 }
 
@@ -877,9 +845,6 @@ void cpu_vm_stats_fold(int cpu)
 	struct zone *zone;
 	int i;
 	int global_zone_diff[NR_VM_ZONE_STAT_ITEMS] = { 0, };
-#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-	int global_numa_diff[NR_VM_NUMA_STAT_ITEMS] = { 0, };
-#endif
 	int global_node_diff[NR_VM_NODE_STAT_ITEMS] = { 0, };
 
 	for_each_populated_zone(zone) {
@@ -887,7 +852,7 @@ void cpu_vm_stats_fold(int cpu)
 
 		pzstats = per_cpu_ptr(zone->per_cpu_zonestats, cpu);
 
-		for (i = 0; i < NR_VM_ZONE_STAT_ITEMS; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < NR_VM_ZONE_STAT_ITEMS; i++) {
 			if (pzstats->vm_stat_diff[i]) {
 				int v;
 
@@ -896,18 +861,7 @@ void cpu_vm_stats_fold(int cpu)
 				atomic_long_add(v, &zone->vm_stat[i]);
 				global_zone_diff[i] += v;
 			}
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-		for (i = 0; i < NR_VM_NUMA_STAT_ITEMS; i++)
-			if (pzstats->vm_numa_stat_diff[i]) {
-				int v;
-
-				v = pzstats->vm_numa_stat_diff[i];
-				pzstats->vm_numa_stat_diff[i] = 0;
-				atomic_long_add(v, &zone->vm_numa_stat[i]);
-				global_numa_diff[i] += v;
-			}
-#endif
+		}
 	}
 
 	for_each_online_pgdat(pgdat) {
@@ -926,11 +880,7 @@ void cpu_vm_stats_fold(int cpu)
 			}
 	}
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-	fold_diff(global_zone_diff, global_numa_diff, global_node_diff);
-#else
 	fold_diff(global_zone_diff, global_node_diff);
-#endif
 }
 
 /*
@@ -948,34 +898,17 @@ void drain_zonestat(struct zone *zone, struct per_cpu_zonestat *pzstats)
 			atomic_long_add(v, &zone->vm_stat[i]);
 			atomic_long_add(v, &vm_zone_stat[i]);
 		}
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-	for (i = 0; i < NR_VM_NUMA_STAT_ITEMS; i++)
-		if (pzstats->vm_numa_stat_diff[i]) {
-			int v = pzstats->vm_numa_stat_diff[i];
-
-			pzstats->vm_numa_stat_diff[i] = 0;
-			atomic_long_add(v, &zone->vm_numa_stat[i]);
-			atomic_long_add(v, &vm_numa_stat[i]);
-		}
-#endif
 }
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-void __inc_numa_state(struct zone *zone,
+/* See __count_vm_event comment on why raw_cpu_inc is used. */
+void __count_numa_event(struct zone *zone,
 				 enum numa_stat_item item)
 {
 	struct per_cpu_zonestat __percpu *pzstats = zone->per_cpu_zonestats;
-	u16 __percpu *p = pzstats->vm_numa_stat_diff + item;
-	u16 v;
 
-	v = __this_cpu_inc_return(*p);
-
-	if (unlikely(v > NUMA_STATS_THRESHOLD)) {
-		zone_numa_state_add(v, zone, item);
-		__this_cpu_write(*p, 0);
-	}
+	raw_cpu_inc(pzstats->vm_numa_event[item]);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1000,15 +933,15 @@ unsigned long sum_zone_node_page_state(int node,
  * Determine the per node value of a numa stat item. To avoid deviation,
  * the per cpu stat number in vm_numa_stat_diff[] is also included.
  */
-unsigned long sum_zone_numa_state(int node,
+unsigned long sum_zone_numa_event_state(int node,
 				 enum numa_stat_item item)
 {
 	struct zone *zones = NODE_DATA(node)->node_zones;
-	int i;
 	unsigned long count = 0;
+	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_NR_ZONES; i++)
-		count += zone_numa_state_snapshot(zones + i, item);
+		count += zone_numa_event_state(zones + i, item);
 
 	return count;
 }
@@ -1679,9 +1612,9 @@ static void zoneinfo_show_print(struct seq_file *m, pg_data_t *pgdat,
 			   zone_page_state(zone, i));
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-	for (i = 0; i < NR_VM_NUMA_STAT_ITEMS; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < NR_VM_NUMA_EVENT_ITEMS; i++)
 		seq_printf(m, "\n      %-12s %lu", numa_stat_name(i),
-			   zone_numa_state_snapshot(zone, i));
+			   zone_numa_event_state(zone, i));
 #endif
 
 	seq_printf(m, "\n  pagesets");
@@ -1735,7 +1668,7 @@ static const struct seq_operations zoneinfo_op = {
 };
 
 #define NR_VMSTAT_ITEMS (NR_VM_ZONE_STAT_ITEMS + \
-			 NR_VM_NUMA_STAT_ITEMS + \
+			 NR_VM_NUMA_EVENT_ITEMS + \
 			 NR_VM_NODE_STAT_ITEMS + \
 			 NR_VM_WRITEBACK_STAT_ITEMS + \
 			 (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS) ? \
@@ -1750,6 +1683,7 @@ static void *vmstat_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
 		return NULL;
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(ARRAY_SIZE(vmstat_text) < NR_VMSTAT_ITEMS);
+	fold_vm_numa_events();
 	v = kmalloc_array(NR_VMSTAT_ITEMS, sizeof(unsigned long), GFP_KERNEL);
 	m->private = v;
 	if (!v)
@@ -1759,9 +1693,9 @@ static void *vmstat_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
 	v += NR_VM_ZONE_STAT_ITEMS;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-	for (i = 0; i < NR_VM_NUMA_STAT_ITEMS; i++)
-		v[i] = global_numa_state(i);
-	v += NR_VM_NUMA_STAT_ITEMS;
+	for (i = 0; i < NR_VM_NUMA_EVENT_ITEMS; i++)
+		v[i] = global_numa_event_state(i);
+	v += NR_VM_NUMA_EVENT_ITEMS;
 #endif
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_VM_NODE_STAT_ITEMS; i++) {
@@ -1864,16 +1798,6 @@ int vmstat_refresh(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 			err = -EINVAL;
 		}
 	}
-#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-	for (i = 0; i < NR_VM_NUMA_STAT_ITEMS; i++) {
-		val = atomic_long_read(&vm_numa_stat[i]);
-		if (val < 0) {
-			pr_warn("%s: %s %ld\n",
-				__func__, numa_stat_name(i), val);
-			err = -EINVAL;
-		}
-	}
-#endif
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 	if (write)
@@ -1922,8 +1846,9 @@ static bool need_update(int cpu)
 		if (memchr_inv(pzstats->vm_stat_diff, 0, NR_VM_ZONE_STAT_ITEMS *
 			       sizeof(pzstats->vm_stat_diff[0])))
 			return true;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-		if (memchr_inv(pzstats->vm_numa_stat_diff, 0, NR_VM_NUMA_STAT_ITEMS *
+		if (memchr_inv(pzstats->vm_numa_stat_diff, 0, NR_VM_NUMA_EVENT_ITEMS *
 			       sizeof(pzstats->vm_numa_stat_diff[0])))
 			return true;
 #endif
