diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 54069e64e3a8..d8ac01474563 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1561,6 +1561,10 @@ nofail_alloc:
 
 	/* We now go into synchronous reclaim */
 	cpuset_memory_pressure_bump();
+	/*
+	 * The task's cpuset might have expanded its set of allowable nodes
+	 */
+	cpuset_update_task_memory_state();
 	p->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC;
 	reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab = 0;
 	p->reclaim_state = &reclaim_state;