diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/uncached.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/uncached.c
index a96bcf83a735..20e8a9b21d75 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/uncached.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/uncached.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static int uncached_add_chunk(struct uncached_pool *uc_pool, int nid)
 	/* attempt to allocate a granule's worth of cached memory pages */
 
 	page = alloc_pages_exact_node(nid,
-				GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO | GFP_THISNODE,
+				GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO | __GFP_THISNODE,
 				IA64_GRANULE_SHIFT-PAGE_SHIFT);
 	if (!page) {
 		mutex_unlock(&uc_pool->add_chunk_mutex);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/ras.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/ras.c
index 5ec1e47a0d77..e865d748179b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/ras.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/ras.c
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ static int __init cbe_ptcal_enable_on_node(int nid, int order)
 
 	area->nid = nid;
 	area->order = order;
-	area->pages = alloc_pages_exact_node(area->nid, GFP_KERNEL|GFP_THISNODE,
+	area->pages = alloc_pages_exact_node(area->nid,
+						GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_THISNODE,
 						area->order);
 
 	if (!area->pages) {
diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_uv.c b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_uv.c
index b9e2000969f0..95c894482fdd 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_uv.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_uv.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ xpc_create_gru_mq_uv(unsigned int mq_size, int cpu, char *irq_name,
 
 	nid = cpu_to_node(cpu);
 	page = alloc_pages_exact_node(nid,
-				      GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO | GFP_THISNODE,
+				      GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO | __GFP_THISNODE,
 				      pg_order);
 	if (page == NULL) {
 		dev_err(xpc_part, "xpc_create_gru_mq_uv() failed to alloc %d "
diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index 0437439bc047..39b81dc7d01a 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
 			 __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN | \
 			 __GFP_NO_KSWAPD)
 
+/*
+ * GFP_THISNODE does not perform any reclaim, you most likely want to
+ * use __GFP_THISNODE to allocate from a given node without fallback!
+ */
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 #define GFP_THISNODE	(__GFP_THISNODE | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY)
 #else
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 5f2052c83154..9b61b9bf81ac 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -590,10 +590,10 @@ static inline bool zone_is_empty(struct zone *zone)
 
 /*
  * The NUMA zonelists are doubled because we need zonelists that restrict the
- * allocations to a single node for GFP_THISNODE.
+ * allocations to a single node for __GFP_THISNODE.
  *
  * [0]	: Zonelist with fallback
- * [1]	: No fallback (GFP_THISNODE)
+ * [1]	: No fallback (__GFP_THISNODE)
  */
 #define MAX_ZONELISTS 2
 
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 9260abdd67df..b5b2df60299e 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ static __always_inline void *kmalloc_large(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
  *
  * %GFP_NOWAIT - Allocation will not sleep.
  *
- * %GFP_THISNODE - Allocate node-local memory only.
+ * %__GFP_THISNODE - Allocate node-local memory only.
  *
  * %GFP_DMA - Allocation suitable for DMA.
  *   Should only be used for kmalloc() caches. Otherwise, use a
diff --git a/kernel/profile.c b/kernel/profile.c
index 6631e1ef55ab..ebdd9c1a86b4 100644
--- a/kernel/profile.c
+++ b/kernel/profile.c
@@ -549,14 +549,14 @@ static int create_hash_tables(void)
 		struct page *page;
 
 		page = alloc_pages_exact_node(node,
-				GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO | GFP_THISNODE,
+				GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO | __GFP_THISNODE,
 				0);
 		if (!page)
 			goto out_cleanup;
 		per_cpu(cpu_profile_hits, cpu)[1]
 				= (struct profile_hit *)page_address(page);
 		page = alloc_pages_exact_node(node,
-				GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO | GFP_THISNODE,
+				GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO | __GFP_THISNODE,
 				0);
 		if (!page)
 			goto out_cleanup;
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 482a33d89134..b494fdb9a636 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ static struct page *new_page_node(struct page *p, unsigned long private,
 					pm->node);
 	else
 		return alloc_pages_exact_node(pm->node,
-				GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE | GFP_THISNODE, 0);
+				GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE | __GFP_THISNODE, 0);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1544,9 +1544,9 @@ static struct page *alloc_misplaced_dst_page(struct page *page,
 	struct page *newpage;
 
 	newpage = alloc_pages_exact_node(nid,
-					 (GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE | GFP_THISNODE |
-					  __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | __GFP_NORETRY |
-					  __GFP_NOWARN) &
+					 (GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE |
+					  __GFP_THISNODE | __GFP_NOMEMALLOC |
+					  __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN) &
 					 ~GFP_IOFS, 0);
 
 	return newpage;
@@ -1747,7 +1747,8 @@ int migrate_misplaced_transhuge_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
 		goto out_dropref;
 
 	new_page = alloc_pages_node(node,
-		(GFP_TRANSHUGE | GFP_THISNODE) & ~__GFP_WAIT, HPAGE_PMD_ORDER);
+		(GFP_TRANSHUGE | __GFP_THISNODE) & ~__GFP_WAIT,
+		HPAGE_PMD_ORDER);
 	if (!new_page)
 		goto out_fail;