diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1474eb37d26e..02bba25d5c7a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8c363afe94b885d39ae2e93e41680282a470ad84
+refs/heads/master: 413b43deab8377819aba1dbad2abf0c15d59b491
diff --git a/trunk/mm/mempolicy.c b/trunk/mm/mempolicy.c
index 643f66e10187..745ce90308a6 100644
--- a/trunk/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/trunk/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -2215,10 +2215,15 @@ int mpol_parse_str(char *str, struct mempolicy **mpol, int no_context)
 			goto out;
 		mode = MPOL_PREFERRED;
 		break;
-
+	case MPOL_DEFAULT:
+		/*
+		 * Insist on a empty nodelist
+		 */
+		if (!nodelist)
+			err = 0;
+		goto out;
 	/*
 	 * case MPOL_BIND:    mpol_new() enforces non-empty nodemask.
-	 * case MPOL_DEFAULT: mpol_new() enforces empty nodemask, ignores flags.
 	 */
 	}