diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 65df28d7cc899..f604b22ebb65b 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1433,10 +1433,14 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(migrate_pages, pid_t, pid, unsigned long, maxnode,
 		goto out_put;
 	}
 
-	if (!nodes_subset(*new, node_states[N_MEMORY])) {
-		err = -EINVAL;
+	task_nodes = cpuset_mems_allowed(current);
+	nodes_and(*new, *new, task_nodes);
+	if (nodes_empty(*new))
+		goto out_put;
+
+	nodes_and(*new, *new, node_states[N_MEMORY]);
+	if (nodes_empty(*new))
 		goto out_put;
-	}
 
 	err = security_task_movememory(task);
 	if (err)