diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index a7a5cb1bf2c7..e013b8e57d25 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -108,10 +108,12 @@ enum mem_cgroup_events_index {
 enum mem_cgroup_events_target {
 	MEM_CGROUP_TARGET_THRESH,
 	MEM_CGROUP_TARGET_SOFTLIMIT,
+	MEM_CGROUP_TARGET_NUMAINFO,
 	MEM_CGROUP_NTARGETS,
 };
 #define THRESHOLDS_EVENTS_TARGET (128)
 #define SOFTLIMIT_EVENTS_TARGET (1024)
+#define NUMAINFO_EVENTS_TARGET	(1024)
 
 struct mem_cgroup_stat_cpu {
 	long count[MEM_CGROUP_STAT_NSTATS];
@@ -237,7 +239,8 @@ struct mem_cgroup {
 	int last_scanned_node;
 #if MAX_NUMNODES > 1
 	nodemask_t	scan_nodes;
-	unsigned long   next_scan_node_update;
+	atomic_t	numainfo_events;
+	atomic_t	numainfo_updating;
 #endif
 	/*
 	 * Should the accounting and control be hierarchical, per subtree?
@@ -680,6 +683,9 @@ static void __mem_cgroup_target_update(struct mem_cgroup *mem, int target)
 	case MEM_CGROUP_TARGET_SOFTLIMIT:
 		next = val + SOFTLIMIT_EVENTS_TARGET;
 		break;
+	case MEM_CGROUP_TARGET_NUMAINFO:
+		next = val + NUMAINFO_EVENTS_TARGET;
+		break;
 	default:
 		return;
 	}
@@ -698,11 +704,19 @@ static void memcg_check_events(struct mem_cgroup *mem, struct page *page)
 		mem_cgroup_threshold(mem);
 		__mem_cgroup_target_update(mem, MEM_CGROUP_TARGET_THRESH);
 		if (unlikely(__memcg_event_check(mem,
-			MEM_CGROUP_TARGET_SOFTLIMIT))){
+			     MEM_CGROUP_TARGET_SOFTLIMIT))) {
 			mem_cgroup_update_tree(mem, page);
 			__mem_cgroup_target_update(mem,
-				MEM_CGROUP_TARGET_SOFTLIMIT);
+						   MEM_CGROUP_TARGET_SOFTLIMIT);
 		}
+#if MAX_NUMNODES > 1
+		if (unlikely(__memcg_event_check(mem,
+			MEM_CGROUP_TARGET_NUMAINFO))) {
+			atomic_inc(&mem->numainfo_events);
+			__mem_cgroup_target_update(mem,
+				MEM_CGROUP_TARGET_NUMAINFO);
+		}
+#endif
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1582,11 +1596,15 @@ static bool test_mem_cgroup_node_reclaimable(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
 static void mem_cgroup_may_update_nodemask(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
 {
 	int nid;
-
-	if (time_after(mem->next_scan_node_update, jiffies))
+	/*
+	 * numainfo_events > 0 means there was at least NUMAINFO_EVENTS_TARGET
+	 * pagein/pageout changes since the last update.
+	 */
+	if (!atomic_read(&mem->numainfo_events))
+		return;
+	if (atomic_inc_return(&mem->numainfo_updating) > 1)
 		return;
 
-	mem->next_scan_node_update = jiffies + 10*HZ;
 	/* make a nodemask where this memcg uses memory from */
 	mem->scan_nodes = node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY];
 
@@ -1595,6 +1613,9 @@ static void mem_cgroup_may_update_nodemask(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
 		if (!test_mem_cgroup_node_reclaimable(mem, nid, false))
 			node_clear(nid, mem->scan_nodes);
 	}
+
+	atomic_set(&mem->numainfo_events, 0);
+	atomic_set(&mem->numainfo_updating, 0);
 }
 
 /*