diff --git a/include/linux/memory-tiers.h b/include/linux/memory-tiers.h
index 0e58588fa066..085dd815bf73 100644
--- a/include/linux/memory-tiers.h
+++ b/include/linux/memory-tiers.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ extern bool numa_demotion_enabled;
 #ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
 int next_demotion_node(int node);
 void node_get_allowed_targets(pg_data_t *pgdat, nodemask_t *targets);
+bool node_is_toptier(int node);
 #else
 static inline int next_demotion_node(int node)
 {
@@ -30,6 +31,11 @@ static inline void node_get_allowed_targets(pg_data_t *pgdat, nodemask_t *target
 {
 	*targets = NODE_MASK_NONE;
 }
+
+static inline bool node_is_toptier(int node)
+{
+	return true;
+}
 #endif
 
 #else
@@ -44,5 +50,10 @@ static inline void node_get_allowed_targets(pg_data_t *pgdat, nodemask_t *target
 {
 	*targets = NODE_MASK_NONE;
 }
+
+static inline bool node_is_toptier(int node)
+{
+	return true;
+}
 #endif	/* CONFIG_NUMA */
 #endif  /* _LINUX_MEMORY_TIERS_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/node.h b/include/linux/node.h
index a2a16d4104fd..d0432db18094 100644
--- a/include/linux/node.h
+++ b/include/linux/node.h
@@ -191,9 +191,4 @@ static inline void register_hugetlbfs_with_node(node_registration_func_t reg,
 
 #define to_node(device) container_of(device, struct node, dev)
 
-static inline bool node_is_toptier(int node)
-{
-	return node_state(node, N_CPU);
-}
-
 #endif /* _LINUX_NODE_H_ */
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 834f288b3769..8405662646e9 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <linux/numa.h>
 #include <linux/page_owner.h>
 #include <linux/sched/sysctl.h>
+#include <linux/memory-tiers.h>
 
 #include <asm/tlb.h>
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
diff --git a/mm/memory-tiers.c b/mm/memory-tiers.c
index 4a96e4213d66..f0515bfd4051 100644
--- a/mm/memory-tiers.c
+++ b/mm/memory-tiers.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 struct memory_tier {
 	struct list_head list;
+	int id;
 	int perf_level;
 	nodemask_t nodelist;
 	nodemask_t lower_tier_mask;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ static LIST_HEAD(memory_tiers);
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(memory_tier_lock);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
+static int top_tier_id;
 /*
  * node_demotion[] examples:
  *
@@ -129,6 +131,7 @@ static struct memory_tier *find_create_memory_tier(unsigned int perf_level)
 	if (!new_memtier)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
+	new_memtier->id = perf_level >> MEMTIER_CHUNK_BITS;
 	new_memtier->perf_level = perf_level;
 	if (found_slot)
 		list_add_tail(&new_memtier->list, ent);
@@ -154,6 +157,31 @@ static struct memory_tier *__node_get_memory_tier(int node)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
+bool node_is_toptier(int node)
+{
+	bool toptier;
+	pg_data_t *pgdat;
+	struct memory_tier *memtier;
+
+	pgdat = NODE_DATA(node);
+	if (!pgdat)
+		return false;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	memtier = rcu_dereference(pgdat->memtier);
+	if (!memtier) {
+		toptier = true;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	if (memtier->id >= top_tier_id)
+		toptier = true;
+	else
+		toptier = false;
+out:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	return toptier;
+}
+
 void node_get_allowed_targets(pg_data_t *pgdat, nodemask_t *targets)
 {
 	struct memory_tier *memtier;
@@ -304,6 +332,21 @@ static void establish_migration_targets(void)
 			}
 		} while (1);
 	}
+	/*
+	 * Promotion is allowed from a memory tier to higher
+	 * memory tier only if the memory tier doesn't include
+	 * compute. We want to  skip promotion from a memory tier,
+	 * if any node that is  part of the memory tier have CPUs.
+	 * Once we detect such a memory tier, we consider that tier
+	 * as top tiper from which promotion is not allowed.
+	 */
+	list_for_each_entry_reverse(memtier, &memory_tiers, list) {
+		nodes_and(used, node_states[N_CPU], memtier->nodelist);
+		if (!nodes_empty(used)) {
+			top_tier_id = memtier->id;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
 	/*
 	 * Now build the lower_tier mask for each node collecting node mask from
 	 * all memory tier below it. This allows us to fallback demotion page
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index c758c9c21d7d..1da81136eaaa 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include <linux/memory.h>
 #include <linux/random.h>
 #include <linux/sched/sysctl.h>
+#include <linux/memory-tiers.h>
 
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 
diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index ba5592655ee3..92a2fc0fa88b 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <linux/pgtable.h>
 #include <linux/sched/sysctl.h>
 #include <linux/userfaultfd_k.h>
+#include <linux/memory-tiers.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
