diff --git a/include/linux/vmstat.h b/include/linux/vmstat.h
index e73d1030f2f7..51359837511a 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmstat.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmstat.h
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ extern void dec_zone_state(struct zone *, enum zone_stat_item);
 extern void __dec_zone_state(struct zone *, enum zone_stat_item);
 
 void refresh_cpu_vm_stats(int);
+void refresh_zone_stat_thresholds(void);
 
 int calculate_pressure_threshold(struct zone *zone);
 int calculate_normal_threshold(struct zone *zone);
@@ -313,6 +314,8 @@ static inline void __dec_zone_page_state(struct page *page,
 #define set_pgdat_percpu_threshold(pgdat, callback) { }
 
 static inline void refresh_cpu_vm_stats(int cpu) { }
+static inline void refresh_zone_stat_thresholds(void) { }
+
 #endif		/* CONFIG_SMP */
 
 extern const char * const vmstat_text[];
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index e133cea36932..77773329aa72 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <linux/memory_hotplug.h>
 #include <linux/nodemask.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/vmstat.h>
 #include <linux/mempolicy.h>
 #include <linux/stop_machine.h>
 #include <linux/sort.h>
@@ -5152,6 +5153,7 @@ int __meminit init_per_zone_wmark_min(void)
 	if (min_free_kbytes > 65536)
 		min_free_kbytes = 65536;
 	setup_per_zone_wmarks();
+	refresh_zone_stat_thresholds();
 	setup_per_zone_lowmem_reserve();
 	setup_per_zone_inactive_ratio();
 	return 0;
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 209546a8bdd5..20c18b7694b2 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ int calculate_normal_threshold(struct zone *zone)
 /*
  * Refresh the thresholds for each zone.
  */
-static void refresh_zone_stat_thresholds(void)
+void refresh_zone_stat_thresholds(void)
 {
 	struct zone *zone;
 	int cpu;
@@ -1201,7 +1201,6 @@ static int __init setup_vmstat(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	int cpu;
 
-	refresh_zone_stat_thresholds();
 	register_cpu_notifier(&vmstat_notifier);
 
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu)