diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 02bba25d5c7a..02091bb4d6de 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 413b43deab8377819aba1dbad2abf0c15d59b491
+refs/heads/master: d69b2e63e9172afb4d07c305601b79a55509ac4c
diff --git a/trunk/mm/mempolicy.c b/trunk/mm/mempolicy.c
index 745ce90308a6..10db44f95749 100644
--- a/trunk/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/trunk/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -2222,9 +2222,13 @@ int mpol_parse_str(char *str, struct mempolicy **mpol, int no_context)
 		if (!nodelist)
 			err = 0;
 		goto out;
-	/*
-	 * case MPOL_BIND:    mpol_new() enforces non-empty nodemask.
-	 */
+	case MPOL_BIND:
+		/*
+		 * Insist on a nodelist
+		 */
+		if (!nodelist)
+			goto out;
+		err = 0;
 	}
 
 	mode_flags = 0;