diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 8258349e49ac..47fa713ccb4d 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -4562,6 +4562,14 @@ __alloc_pages_slowpath(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 	}
 
 retry:
+	/*
+	 * Deal with possible cpuset update races or zonelist updates to avoid
+	 * infinite retries.
+	 */
+	if (check_retry_cpuset(cpuset_mems_cookie, ac) ||
+	    check_retry_zonelist(zonelist_iter_cookie))
+		goto restart;
+
 	/* Ensure kswapd doesn't accidentally go to sleep as long as we loop */
 	if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_KSWAPD)
 		wake_all_kswapds(order, gfp_mask, ac);