diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 85cf0f7..6f28b7e 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3804,9 +3804,17 @@
 	/*
 	 * Restore the original nodemask if it was potentially replaced with
 	 * &cpuset_current_mems_allowed to optimize the fast-path attempt.
+	 * Also recalculate the starting point for the zonelist iterator or
+	 * we could end up iterating over non-eligible zones endlessly.
 	 */
-	if (cpusets_enabled())
+	if (unlikely(ac.nodemask != nodemask)) {
 		ac.nodemask = nodemask;
+		ac.preferred_zoneref = first_zones_zonelist(ac.zonelist,
+						ac.high_zoneidx, ac.nodemask);
+		if (!ac.preferred_zoneref->zone)
+			goto no_zone;
+	}
+
 	page = __alloc_pages_slowpath(alloc_mask, order, &ac);
 
 no_zone: