diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7a1070ed1ce4..3cba3f8868f2 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
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-refs/heads/master: 7429b3842cfb2b8ef5d333d8f680d80f8f7c787f
+refs/heads/master: 27f10907b7cca57df5e2a9c94c14354dd1b7879d
diff --git a/trunk/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h b/trunk/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h
index 8eaec310a25b..a7d769491555 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h
+++ b/trunk/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h
@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@ struct device_node;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 
+/*
+ * Before going off node we want the VM to try and reclaim from the local
+ * node. It does this if the remote distance is larger than RECLAIM_DISTANCE.
+ * With the default REMOTE_DISTANCE of 20 and the default RECLAIM_DISTANCE of
+ * 20, we never reclaim and go off node straight away.
+ *
+ * To fix this we choose a smaller value of RECLAIM_DISTANCE.
+ */
+#define RECLAIM_DISTANCE 10
+
 #include <asm/mmzone.h>
 
 static inline int cpu_to_node(int cpu)