diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 47296fe..2bd13e9 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1012,6 +1012,9 @@ int do_migrate_pages(struct mm_struct *mm,
 		int dest = 0;
 
 		for_each_node_mask(s, tmp) {
+			/* no need to move if its already there */
+			if (node_isset(s, *to_nodes))
+				continue;
 			d = node_remap(s, *from_nodes, *to_nodes);
 			if (s == d)
 				continue;