diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 093ffd792d4e..56f9a6ed939a 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1881,7 +1881,7 @@ static unsigned int weighted_interleave_nodes(struct mempolicy *policy)
 	/* to prevent miscount use tsk->mems_allowed_seq to detect rebind */
 	cpuset_mems_cookie = read_mems_allowed_begin();
 	node = current->il_prev;
-	if (!node || !node_isset(node, policy->nodes)) {
+	if (!current->il_weight || !node_isset(node, policy->nodes)) {
 		node = next_node_in(node, policy->nodes);
 		if (read_mems_allowed_retry(cpuset_mems_cookie))
 			goto retry;