diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index a834b1edcde9..e8ca4bdcb03c 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -7376,8 +7376,7 @@ static int __init mem_cgroup_init(void)
 	for_each_node(node) {
 		struct mem_cgroup_tree_per_node *rtpn;
 
-		rtpn = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*rtpn), GFP_KERNEL,
-				    node_online(node) ? node : NUMA_NO_NODE);
+		rtpn = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*rtpn), GFP_KERNEL, node);
 
 		rtpn->rb_root = RB_ROOT;
 		rtpn->rb_rightmost = NULL;