diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 39e912708e2a..95f4a780ea66 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ int lowmem_reserve_ratio_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *, int, struct file *,
 /* Returns the number of the current Node. */
 #define numa_node_id()		(cpu_to_node(raw_smp_processor_id()))
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_DISCONTIGMEM
+#ifndef CONFIG_NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
 
 extern struct pglist_data contig_page_data;
 #define NODE_DATA(nid)		(&contig_page_data)
@@ -410,11 +410,11 @@ extern struct pglist_data contig_page_data;
 #define MAX_NODES_SHIFT		1
 #define pfn_to_nid(pfn)		(0)
 
-#else /* CONFIG_DISCONTIGMEM */
+#else /* CONFIG_NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES */
 
 #include <asm/mmzone.h>
 
-#endif /* !CONFIG_DISCONTIGMEM */
+#endif /* !CONFIG_NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES */
 
 #if BITS_PER_LONG == 32 || defined(ARCH_HAS_ATOMIC_UNSIGNED)
 /*
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index 69caa9d8674e..15c131393639 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -23,3 +23,11 @@ config DISCONTIGMEM
 
 endchoice
 
+#
+# Both the NUMA code and DISCONTIGMEM use arrays of pg_data_t's
+# to represent different areas of memory.  This variable allows
+# those dependencies to exist individually.
+#
+config NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
+	def_bool y
+	depends on DISCONTIGMEM || NUMA
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 1958358e29b0..20e239599db0 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1972,18 +1972,18 @@ void __init free_area_init_node(int nid, struct pglist_data *pgdat,
 	free_area_init_core(pgdat, zones_size, zholes_size);
 }
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_DISCONTIGMEM
+#ifndef CONFIG_NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
 static bootmem_data_t contig_bootmem_data;
 struct pglist_data contig_page_data = { .bdata = &contig_bootmem_data };
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(contig_page_data);
+#endif
 
 void __init free_area_init(unsigned long *zones_size)
 {
-	free_area_init_node(0, &contig_page_data, zones_size,
+	free_area_init_node(0, NODE_DATA(0), zones_size,
 			__pa(PAGE_OFFSET) >> PAGE_SHIFT, NULL);
 }
-#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS