diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c b/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
index c4fa35d1dd77..e571c72e6753 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
@@ -186,13 +186,11 @@ static int pci_call_probe(struct pci_driver *drv, struct pci_dev *dev,
 	    set_cpus_allowed(current, node_to_cpumask(node));
 	/* And set default memory allocation policy */
 	oldpol = current->mempolicy;
-	current->mempolicy = &default_policy;
-	mpol_get(current->mempolicy);
+	current->mempolicy = NULL;	/* fall back to system default policy */
 #endif
 	error = drv->probe(dev, id);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 	set_cpus_allowed(current, oldmask);
-	mpol_free(current->mempolicy);
 	current->mempolicy = oldpol;
 #endif
 	return error;