diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index dcc8a1c..6b23df1 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -4858,52 +4858,18 @@
 	return nr_zones;
 }
 
-
-/*
- *  zonelist_order:
- *  0 = automatic detection of better ordering.
- *  1 = order by ([node] distance, -zonetype)
- *  2 = order by (-zonetype, [node] distance)
- *
- *  If not NUMA, ZONELIST_ORDER_ZONE and ZONELIST_ORDER_NODE will create
- *  the same zonelist. So only NUMA can configure this param.
- */
-#define ZONELIST_ORDER_DEFAULT  0
-#define ZONELIST_ORDER_NODE     1
-#define ZONELIST_ORDER_ZONE     2
-
-/* zonelist order in the kernel.
- * set_zonelist_order() will set this to NODE or ZONE.
- */
-static int current_zonelist_order = ZONELIST_ORDER_DEFAULT;
-static char zonelist_order_name[3][8] = {"Default", "Node", "Zone"};
-
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-/* The value user specified ....changed by config */
-static int user_zonelist_order = ZONELIST_ORDER_DEFAULT;
-/* string for sysctl */
-#define NUMA_ZONELIST_ORDER_LEN	16
-char numa_zonelist_order[16] = "default";
-
-/*
- * interface for configure zonelist ordering.
- * command line option "numa_zonelist_order"
- *	= "[dD]efault	- default, automatic configuration.
- *	= "[nN]ode 	- order by node locality, then by zone within node
- *	= "[zZ]one      - order by zone, then by locality within zone
- */
 
 static int __parse_numa_zonelist_order(char *s)
 {
-	if (*s == 'd' || *s == 'D') {
-		user_zonelist_order = ZONELIST_ORDER_DEFAULT;
-	} else if (*s == 'n' || *s == 'N') {
-		user_zonelist_order = ZONELIST_ORDER_NODE;
-	} else if (*s == 'z' || *s == 'Z') {
-		user_zonelist_order = ZONELIST_ORDER_ZONE;
-	} else {
-		pr_warn("Ignoring invalid numa_zonelist_order value:  %s\n", s);
+	/*
+	 * We used to support different zonlists modes but they turned
+	 * out to be just not useful. Let's keep the warning in place
+	 * if somebody still use the cmd line parameter so that we do
+	 * not fail it silently
+	 */
+	if (!(*s == 'd' || *s == 'D' || *s == 'n' || *s == 'N')) {
+		pr_warn("Ignoring unsupported numa_zonelist_order value:  %s\n", s);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -4911,19 +4877,15 @@
 
 static __init int setup_numa_zonelist_order(char *s)
 {
-	int ret;
-
 	if (!s)
 		return 0;
 
-	ret = __parse_numa_zonelist_order(s);
-	if (ret == 0)
-		strlcpy(numa_zonelist_order, s, NUMA_ZONELIST_ORDER_LEN);
-
-	return ret;
+	return __parse_numa_zonelist_order(s);
 }
 early_param("numa_zonelist_order", setup_numa_zonelist_order);
 
+char numa_zonelist_order[] = "Node";
+
 /*
  * sysctl handler for numa_zonelist_order
  */
@@ -4931,42 +4893,17 @@
 		void __user *buffer, size_t *length,
 		loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	char saved_string[NUMA_ZONELIST_ORDER_LEN];
+	char *str;
 	int ret;
-	static DEFINE_MUTEX(zl_order_mutex);
 
-	mutex_lock(&zl_order_mutex);
-	if (write) {
-		if (strlen((char *)table->data) >= NUMA_ZONELIST_ORDER_LEN) {
-			ret = -EINVAL;
-			goto out;
-		}
-		strcpy(saved_string, (char *)table->data);
-	}
-	ret = proc_dostring(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out;
-	if (write) {
-		int oldval = user_zonelist_order;
+	if (!write)
+		return proc_dostring(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
+	str = memdup_user_nul(buffer, 16);
+	if (IS_ERR(str))
+		return PTR_ERR(str);
 
-		ret = __parse_numa_zonelist_order((char *)table->data);
-		if (ret) {
-			/*
-			 * bogus value.  restore saved string
-			 */
-			strncpy((char *)table->data, saved_string,
-				NUMA_ZONELIST_ORDER_LEN);
-			user_zonelist_order = oldval;
-		} else if (oldval != user_zonelist_order) {
-			mem_hotplug_begin();
-			mutex_lock(&zonelists_mutex);
-			build_all_zonelists(NULL, NULL);
-			mutex_unlock(&zonelists_mutex);
-			mem_hotplug_done();
-		}
-	}
-out:
-	mutex_unlock(&zl_order_mutex);
+	ret = __parse_numa_zonelist_order(str);
+	kfree(str);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -5075,70 +5012,12 @@
  */
 static int node_order[MAX_NUMNODES];
 
-static void build_zonelists_in_zone_order(pg_data_t *pgdat, int nr_nodes)
-{
-	int pos, j, node;
-	int zone_type;		/* needs to be signed */
-	struct zone *z;
-	struct zonelist *zonelist;
-
-	zonelist = &pgdat->node_zonelists[ZONELIST_FALLBACK];
-	pos = 0;
-	for (zone_type = MAX_NR_ZONES - 1; zone_type >= 0; zone_type--) {
-		for (j = 0; j < nr_nodes; j++) {
-			node = node_order[j];
-			z = &NODE_DATA(node)->node_zones[zone_type];
-			if (managed_zone(z)) {
-				zoneref_set_zone(z,
-					&zonelist->_zonerefs[pos++]);
-				check_highest_zone(zone_type);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	zonelist->_zonerefs[pos].zone = NULL;
-	zonelist->_zonerefs[pos].zone_idx = 0;
-}
-
-#if defined(CONFIG_64BIT)
-/*
- * Devices that require DMA32/DMA are relatively rare and do not justify a
- * penalty to every machine in case the specialised case applies. Default
- * to Node-ordering on 64-bit NUMA machines
- */
-static int default_zonelist_order(void)
-{
-	return ZONELIST_ORDER_NODE;
-}
-#else
-/*
- * On 32-bit, the Normal zone needs to be preserved for allocations accessible
- * by the kernel. If processes running on node 0 deplete the low memory zone
- * then reclaim will occur more frequency increasing stalls and potentially
- * be easier to OOM if a large percentage of the zone is under writeback or
- * dirty. The problem is significantly worse if CONFIG_HIGHPTE is not set.
- * Hence, default to zone ordering on 32-bit.
- */
-static int default_zonelist_order(void)
-{
-	return ZONELIST_ORDER_ZONE;
-}
-#endif /* CONFIG_64BIT */
-
-static void set_zonelist_order(void)
-{
-	if (user_zonelist_order == ZONELIST_ORDER_DEFAULT)
-		current_zonelist_order = default_zonelist_order();
-	else
-		current_zonelist_order = user_zonelist_order;
-}
-
 static void build_zonelists(pg_data_t *pgdat)
 {
 	int i, node, load;
 	nodemask_t used_mask;
 	int local_node, prev_node;
 	struct zonelist *zonelist;
-	unsigned int order = current_zonelist_order;
 
 	/* initialize zonelists */
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_ZONELISTS; i++) {
@@ -5168,15 +5047,7 @@
 
 		prev_node = node;
 		load--;
-		if (order == ZONELIST_ORDER_NODE)
-			build_zonelists_in_node_order(pgdat, node);
-		else
-			node_order[i++] = node;	/* remember order */
-	}
-
-	if (order == ZONELIST_ORDER_ZONE) {
-		/* calculate node order -- i.e., DMA last! */
-		build_zonelists_in_zone_order(pgdat, i);
+		build_zonelists_in_node_order(pgdat, node);
 	}
 
 	build_thisnode_zonelists(pgdat);
@@ -5204,11 +5075,6 @@
 static void setup_min_slab_ratio(void);
 #else	/* CONFIG_NUMA */
 
-static void set_zonelist_order(void)
-{
-	current_zonelist_order = ZONELIST_ORDER_ZONE;
-}
-
 static void build_zonelists(pg_data_t *pgdat)
 {
 	int node, local_node;
@@ -5348,8 +5214,6 @@
  */
 void __ref build_all_zonelists(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct zone *zone)
 {
-	set_zonelist_order();
-
 	if (system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING) {
 		build_all_zonelists_init();
 	} else {
@@ -5375,9 +5239,8 @@
 	else
 		page_group_by_mobility_disabled = 0;
 
-	pr_info("Built %i zonelists in %s order, mobility grouping %s.  Total pages: %ld\n",
+	pr_info("Built %i zonelists, mobility grouping %s.  Total pages: %ld\n",
 		nr_online_nodes,
-		zonelist_order_name[current_zonelist_order],
 		page_group_by_mobility_disabled ? "off" : "on",
 		vm_total_pages);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA