diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 24e354c2b59e..3630d577e987 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -2233,6 +2233,30 @@ static void khugepaged_alloc_sleep(void)
 
 static int khugepaged_node_load[MAX_NUMNODES];
 
+static bool khugepaged_scan_abort(int nid)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	/*
+	 * If zone_reclaim_mode is disabled, then no extra effort is made to
+	 * allocate memory locally.
+	 */
+	if (!zone_reclaim_mode)
+		return false;
+
+	/* If there is a count for this node already, it must be acceptable */
+	if (khugepaged_node_load[nid])
+		return false;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX_NUMNODES; i++) {
+		if (!khugepaged_node_load[i])
+			continue;
+		if (node_distance(nid, i) > RECLAIM_DISTANCE)
+			return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 static int khugepaged_find_target_node(void)
 {
@@ -2545,6 +2569,8 @@ static int khugepaged_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
 		 * hit record.
 		 */
 		node = page_to_nid(page);
+		if (khugepaged_scan_abort(node))
+			goto out_unmap;
 		khugepaged_node_load[node]++;
 		VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageCompound(page), page);
 		if (!PageLRU(page) || PageLocked(page) || !PageAnon(page))