diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 8b9807523efe..1dae94acb3fe 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -360,16 +360,16 @@ void invalidate_bdev(struct block_device *bdev)
  */
 static void free_more_memory(void)
 {
-	struct zone **zones;
+	struct zonelist *zonelist;
 	pg_data_t *pgdat;
 
 	wakeup_pdflush(1024);
 	yield();
 
 	for_each_online_pgdat(pgdat) {
-		zones = pgdat->node_zonelists[gfp_zone(GFP_NOFS)].zones;
-		if (*zones)
-			try_to_free_pages(zones, 0, GFP_NOFS);
+		zonelist = &pgdat->node_zonelists[gfp_zone(GFP_NOFS)];
+		if (zonelist->zones[0])
+			try_to_free_pages(zonelist, 0, GFP_NOFS);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index 878459ae0454..4286e7ac2b00 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ extern int rotate_reclaimable_page(struct page *page);
 extern void swap_setup(void);
 
 /* linux/mm/vmscan.c */
-extern unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct zone **zones, int order,
+extern unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist, int order,
 					gfp_t gfp_mask);
 extern unsigned long try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
 							gfp_t gfp_mask);
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 32e796af12a1..1bda771a072a 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1569,7 +1569,7 @@ nofail_alloc:
 	reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab = 0;
 	p->reclaim_state = &reclaim_state;
 
-	did_some_progress = try_to_free_pages(zonelist->zones, order, gfp_mask);
+	did_some_progress = try_to_free_pages(zonelist, order, gfp_mask);
 
 	p->reclaim_state = NULL;
 	p->flags &= ~PF_MEMALLOC;
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index f80a5b7c057f..ef8551e0d2d0 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1246,10 +1246,11 @@ static unsigned long shrink_zone(int priority, struct zone *zone,
  * If a zone is deemed to be full of pinned pages then just give it a light
  * scan then give up on it.
  */
-static unsigned long shrink_zones(int priority, struct zone **zones,
+static unsigned long shrink_zones(int priority, struct zonelist *zonelist,
 					struct scan_control *sc)
 {
 	unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
+	struct zone **zones = zonelist->zones;
 	int i;
 
 
@@ -1301,8 +1302,8 @@ static unsigned long shrink_zones(int priority, struct zone **zones,
  * holds filesystem locks which prevent writeout this might not work, and the
  * allocation attempt will fail.
  */
-static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zone **zones, gfp_t gfp_mask,
-					  struct scan_control *sc)
+static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
+					gfp_t gfp_mask, struct scan_control *sc)
 {
 	int priority;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -1310,6 +1311,7 @@ static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zone **zones, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
 	struct reclaim_state *reclaim_state = current->reclaim_state;
 	unsigned long lru_pages = 0;
+	struct zone **zones = zonelist->zones;
 	int i;
 
 	if (scan_global_lru(sc))
@@ -1333,7 +1335,7 @@ static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zone **zones, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 		sc->nr_scanned = 0;
 		if (!priority)
 			disable_swap_token();
-		nr_reclaimed += shrink_zones(priority, zones, sc);
+		nr_reclaimed += shrink_zones(priority, zonelist, sc);
 		/*
 		 * Don't shrink slabs when reclaiming memory from
 		 * over limit cgroups
@@ -1397,7 +1399,8 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct zone **zones, int order, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist, int order,
+								gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	struct scan_control sc = {
 		.gfp_mask = gfp_mask,
@@ -1410,7 +1413,7 @@ unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct zone **zones, int order, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 		.isolate_pages = isolate_pages_global,
 	};
 
-	return do_try_to_free_pages(zones, gfp_mask, &sc);
+	return do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist, gfp_mask, &sc);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
@@ -1428,11 +1431,11 @@ unsigned long try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(struct mem_cgroup *mem_cont,
 		.mem_cgroup = mem_cont,
 		.isolate_pages = mem_cgroup_isolate_pages,
 	};
-	struct zone **zones;
+	struct zonelist *zonelist;
 	int target_zone = gfp_zone(GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE);
 
-	zones = NODE_DATA(numa_node_id())->node_zonelists[target_zone].zones;
-	if (do_try_to_free_pages(zones, sc.gfp_mask, &sc))
+	zonelist = &NODE_DATA(numa_node_id())->node_zonelists[target_zone];
+	if (do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist, sc.gfp_mask, &sc))
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }