diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 533547e3c90a7..d8d71ad7f9f8d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -1830,6 +1830,12 @@ bool should_numa_migrate_memory(struct task_struct *p, struct folio *folio,
 	int dst_nid = cpu_to_node(dst_cpu);
 	int last_cpupid, this_cpupid;
 
+	/*
+	 * Cannot migrate to memoryless nodes.
+	 */
+	if (!node_state(dst_nid, N_MEMORY))
+		return false;
+
 	/*
 	 * The pages in slow memory node should be migrated according
 	 * to hot/cold instead of private/shared.