diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 25c7c7e09cbd..7fc4a371bdd2 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -1392,6 +1392,17 @@ bool should_numa_migrate_memory(struct task_struct *p, struct page * page,
 	int last_cpupid, this_cpupid;
 
 	this_cpupid = cpu_pid_to_cpupid(dst_cpu, current->pid);
+	last_cpupid = page_cpupid_xchg_last(page, this_cpupid);
+
+	/*
+	 * Allow first faults or private faults to migrate immediately early in
+	 * the lifetime of a task. The magic number 4 is based on waiting for
+	 * two full passes of the "multi-stage node selection" test that is
+	 * executed below.
+	 */
+	if ((p->numa_preferred_nid == -1 || p->numa_scan_seq <= 4) &&
+	    (cpupid_pid_unset(last_cpupid) || cpupid_match_pid(p, last_cpupid)))
+		return true;
 
 	/*
 	 * Multi-stage node selection is used in conjunction with a periodic
@@ -1410,7 +1421,6 @@ bool should_numa_migrate_memory(struct task_struct *p, struct page * page,
 	 * This quadric squishes small probabilities, making it less likely we
 	 * act on an unlikely task<->page relation.
 	 */
-	last_cpupid = page_cpupid_xchg_last(page, this_cpupid);
 	if (!cpupid_pid_unset(last_cpupid) &&
 				cpupid_to_nid(last_cpupid) != dst_nid)
 		return false;