diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h b/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h
index 4832fd0..2f71177 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ enum {
 #define MPOL_F_LOCAL   (1 << 1)	/* preferred local allocation */
 #define MPOL_F_MOF	(1 << 3) /* this policy wants migrate on fault */
 #define MPOL_F_MORON	(1 << 4) /* Migrate On protnone Reference On Node */
+#define MPOL_F_LOCAL_TEMP  (1 << 5)	/* MPOL_PREFERRED policy temporarily change to MPOL_LOCAL */
 
 /*
  * These bit locations are exposed in the vm.zone_reclaim_mode sysctl
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 2f20f079..9cdbb78 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -332,6 +332,22 @@ static void mpol_rebind_nodemask(struct mempolicy *pol, const nodemask_t *nodes)
 	pol->v.nodes = tmp;
 }
 
+static void mpol_rebind_local(struct mempolicy *pol,
+				const nodemask_t *nodes)
+{
+	if (unlikely(pol->flags & MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES)) {
+		int node = first_node(pol->w.user_nodemask);
+
+		BUG_ON(!(pol->flags & MPOL_F_LOCAL_TEMP));
+
+		if (node_isset(node, *nodes)) {
+			pol->v.preferred_node = node;
+			pol->mode = MPOL_PREFERRED;
+			pol->flags &= ~MPOL_F_LOCAL_TEMP;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 static void mpol_rebind_preferred(struct mempolicy *pol,
 						const nodemask_t *nodes)
 {
@@ -342,13 +358,19 @@ static void mpol_rebind_preferred(struct mempolicy *pol,
 
 		if (node_isset(node, *nodes)) {
 			pol->v.preferred_node = node;
-			pol->flags &= ~MPOL_F_LOCAL;
-		} else
-			pol->flags |= MPOL_F_LOCAL;
+		} else {
+			/*
+			 * If there is no valid node, change the mode to
+			 * MPOL_LOCAL, which will be restored back when
+			 * next rebind() see a valid node.
+			 */
+			pol->mode = MPOL_LOCAL;
+			pol->flags |= MPOL_F_LOCAL_TEMP;
+		}
 	} else if (pol->flags & MPOL_F_RELATIVE_NODES) {
 		mpol_relative_nodemask(&tmp, &pol->w.user_nodemask, nodes);
 		pol->v.preferred_node = first_node(tmp);
-	} else if (!(pol->flags & MPOL_F_LOCAL)) {
+	} else {
 		pol->v.preferred_node = node_remap(pol->v.preferred_node,
 						   pol->w.cpuset_mems_allowed,
 						   *nodes);
@@ -367,7 +389,7 @@ static void mpol_rebind_policy(struct mempolicy *pol, const nodemask_t *newmask)
 {
 	if (!pol)
 		return;
-	if (!mpol_store_user_nodemask(pol) && !(pol->flags & MPOL_F_LOCAL) &&
+	if (!mpol_store_user_nodemask(pol) &&
 	    nodes_equal(pol->w.cpuset_mems_allowed, *newmask))
 		return;
 
@@ -419,7 +441,7 @@ static const struct mempolicy_operations mpol_ops[MPOL_MAX] = {
 		.rebind = mpol_rebind_nodemask,
 	},
 	[MPOL_LOCAL] = {
-		.rebind = mpol_rebind_default,
+		.rebind = mpol_rebind_local,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -913,10 +935,12 @@ static void get_policy_nodemask(struct mempolicy *p, nodemask_t *nodes)
 	case MPOL_INTERLEAVE:
 		*nodes = p->v.nodes;
 		break;
+	case MPOL_LOCAL:
+		/* return empty node mask for local allocation */
+		break;
+
 	case MPOL_PREFERRED:
-		if (!(p->flags & MPOL_F_LOCAL))
-			node_set(p->v.preferred_node, *nodes);
-		/* else return empty node mask for local allocation */
+		node_set(p->v.preferred_node, *nodes);
 		break;
 	default:
 		BUG();
@@ -1888,9 +1912,9 @@ nodemask_t *policy_nodemask(gfp_t gfp, struct mempolicy *policy)
 /* Return the node id preferred by the given mempolicy, or the given id */
 static int policy_node(gfp_t gfp, struct mempolicy *policy, int nd)
 {
-	if (policy->mode == MPOL_PREFERRED && !(policy->flags & MPOL_F_LOCAL))
+	if (policy->mode == MPOL_PREFERRED) {
 		nd = policy->v.preferred_node;
-	else {
+	} else {
 		/*
 		 * __GFP_THISNODE shouldn't even be used with the bind policy
 		 * because we might easily break the expectation to stay on the
@@ -1927,14 +1951,11 @@ unsigned int mempolicy_slab_node(void)
 		return node;
 
 	policy = current->mempolicy;
-	if (!policy || policy->flags & MPOL_F_LOCAL)
+	if (!policy)
 		return node;
 
 	switch (policy->mode) {
 	case MPOL_PREFERRED:
-		/*
-		 * handled MPOL_F_LOCAL above
-		 */
 		return policy->v.preferred_node;
 
 	case MPOL_INTERLEAVE:
@@ -2068,16 +2089,13 @@ bool init_nodemask_of_mempolicy(nodemask_t *mask)
 	mempolicy = current->mempolicy;
 	switch (mempolicy->mode) {
 	case MPOL_PREFERRED:
-		if (mempolicy->flags & MPOL_F_LOCAL)
-			nid = numa_node_id();
-		else
-			nid = mempolicy->v.preferred_node;
+		nid = mempolicy->v.preferred_node;
 		init_nodemask_of_node(mask, nid);
 		break;
 
 	case MPOL_BIND:
 	case MPOL_INTERLEAVE:
-		*mask =  mempolicy->v.nodes;
+		*mask = mempolicy->v.nodes;
 		break;
 
 	case MPOL_LOCAL:
@@ -2119,8 +2137,9 @@ bool mempolicy_nodemask_intersects(struct task_struct *tsk,
 
 	switch (mempolicy->mode) {
 	case MPOL_PREFERRED:
+	case MPOL_LOCAL:
 		/*
-		 * MPOL_PREFERRED and MPOL_F_LOCAL are only preferred nodes to
+		 * MPOL_PREFERRED and MPOL_LOCAL are only preferred nodes to
 		 * allocate from, they may fallback to other nodes when oom.
 		 * Thus, it's possible for tsk to have allocated memory from
 		 * nodes in mask.
@@ -2205,7 +2224,7 @@ struct page *alloc_pages_vma(gfp_t gfp, int order, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		 * If the policy is interleave, or does not allow the current
 		 * node in its nodemask, we allocate the standard way.
 		 */
-		if (pol->mode == MPOL_PREFERRED && !(pol->flags & MPOL_F_LOCAL))
+		if (pol->mode == MPOL_PREFERRED )
 			hpage_node = pol->v.preferred_node;
 
 		nmask = policy_nodemask(gfp, pol);
@@ -2341,9 +2360,6 @@ bool __mpol_equal(struct mempolicy *a, struct mempolicy *b)
 	case MPOL_INTERLEAVE:
 		return !!nodes_equal(a->v.nodes, b->v.nodes);
 	case MPOL_PREFERRED:
-		/* a's ->flags is the same as b's */
-		if (a->flags & MPOL_F_LOCAL)
-			return true;
 		return a->v.preferred_node == b->v.preferred_node;
 	case MPOL_LOCAL:
 		return true;
@@ -2484,10 +2500,7 @@ int mpol_misplaced(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long
 		break;
 
 	case MPOL_PREFERRED:
-		if (pol->flags & MPOL_F_LOCAL)
-			polnid = numa_node_id();
-		else
-			polnid = pol->v.preferred_node;
+		polnid = pol->v.preferred_node;
 		break;
 
 	case MPOL_LOCAL:
@@ -2858,9 +2871,6 @@ void numa_default_policy(void)
  * Parse and format mempolicy from/to strings
  */
 
-/*
- * "local" is implemented internally by MPOL_PREFERRED with MPOL_F_LOCAL flag.
- */
 static const char * const policy_modes[] =
 {
 	[MPOL_DEFAULT]    = "default",
@@ -3027,12 +3037,10 @@ void mpol_to_str(char *buffer, int maxlen, struct mempolicy *pol)
 
 	switch (mode) {
 	case MPOL_DEFAULT:
+	case MPOL_LOCAL:
 		break;
 	case MPOL_PREFERRED:
-		if (flags & MPOL_F_LOCAL)
-			mode = MPOL_LOCAL;
-		else
-			node_set(pol->v.preferred_node, nodes);
+		node_set(pol->v.preferred_node, nodes);
 		break;
 	case MPOL_BIND:
 	case MPOL_INTERLEAVE:
