diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index d52718284029..aa90758950a7 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5020,8 +5020,11 @@ int find_next_best_node(int node, nodemask_t *used_node_mask)
 	int min_val = INT_MAX;
 	int best_node = NUMA_NO_NODE;
 
-	/* Use the local node if we haven't already */
-	if (!node_isset(node, *used_node_mask)) {
+	/*
+	 * Use the local node if we haven't already, but for memoryless local
+	 * node, we should skip it and fall back to other nodes.
+	 */
+	if (!node_isset(node, *used_node_mask) && node_state(node, N_MEMORY)) {
 		node_set(node, *used_node_mask);
 		return node;
 	}