diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 67af4cea1e23..5643cfed6b0f 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -954,7 +954,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys_migrate_pages(pid_t pid, unsigned long maxnode,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	err = do_migrate_pages(mm, &old, &new, MPOL_MF_MOVE);
+	err = do_migrate_pages(mm, &old, &new,
+		capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ? MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL : MPOL_MF_MOVE);
 out:
 	mmput(mm);
 	return err;