diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 8a73708d59bb..f969da5dd8a2 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1275,33 +1275,42 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(migrate_pages, pid_t, pid, unsigned long, maxnode,
 		const unsigned long __user *, new_nodes)
 {
 	const struct cred *cred = current_cred(), *tcred;
-	struct mm_struct *mm;
+	struct mm_struct *mm = NULL;
 	struct task_struct *task;
-	nodemask_t old;
-	nodemask_t new;
 	nodemask_t task_nodes;
 	int err;
+	nodemask_t *old;
+	nodemask_t *new;
+	NODEMASK_SCRATCH(scratch);
 
-	err = get_nodes(&old, old_nodes, maxnode);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
+	if (!scratch)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	err = get_nodes(&new, new_nodes, maxnode);
+	old = &scratch->mask1;
+	new = &scratch->mask2;
+
+	err = get_nodes(old, old_nodes, maxnode);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto out;
+
+	err = get_nodes(new, new_nodes, maxnode);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
 
 	/* Find the mm_struct */
 	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
 	task = pid ? find_task_by_vpid(pid) : current;
 	if (!task) {
 		read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
-		return -ESRCH;
+		err = -ESRCH;
+		goto out;
 	}
 	mm = get_task_mm(task);
 	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 
+	err = -EINVAL;
 	if (!mm)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
 
 	/*
 	 * Check if this process has the right to modify the specified
@@ -1322,12 +1331,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(migrate_pages, pid_t, pid, unsigned long, maxnode,
 
 	task_nodes = cpuset_mems_allowed(task);
 	/* Is the user allowed to access the target nodes? */
-	if (!nodes_subset(new, task_nodes) && !capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) {
+	if (!nodes_subset(*new, task_nodes) && !capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) {
 		err = -EPERM;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (!nodes_subset(new, node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY])) {
+	if (!nodes_subset(*new, node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY])) {
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -1336,10 +1345,13 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(migrate_pages, pid_t, pid, unsigned long, maxnode,
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	err = do_migrate_pages(mm, &old, &new,
+	err = do_migrate_pages(mm, old, new,
 		capable(CAP_SYS_NICE) ? MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL : MPOL_MF_MOVE);
 out:
-	mmput(mm);
+	if (mm)
+		mmput(mm);
+	NODEMASK_SCRATCH_FREE(scratch);
+
 	return err;
 }