diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index f9b82ad5047f..41b4e362221d 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -177,14 +177,7 @@ static inline int constrained_alloc(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 	struct zone **z;
-	nodemask_t nodes;
-	int node;
-
-	nodes_clear(nodes);
-	/* node has memory ? */
-	for_each_online_node(node)
-		if (NODE_DATA(node)->node_present_pages)
-			node_set(node, nodes);
+	nodemask_t nodes = node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY];
 
 	for (z = zonelist->zones; *z; z++)
 		if (cpuset_zone_allowed_softwall(*z, gfp_mask))