diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h b/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h
index 4832fd0..19a00bc 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ enum {
  * are never OR'ed into the mode in mempolicy API arguments.
  */
 #define MPOL_F_SHARED  (1 << 0)	/* identify shared policies */
-#define MPOL_F_LOCAL   (1 << 1)	/* preferred local allocation */
 #define MPOL_F_MOF	(1 << 3) /* this policy wants migrate on fault */
 #define MPOL_F_MORON	(1 << 4) /* Migrate On protnone Reference On Node */
 
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 6795a6a..c337bd7 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@ enum zone_type policy_zone = 0;
  */
 static struct mempolicy default_policy = {
 	.refcnt = ATOMIC_INIT(1), /* never free it */
-	.mode = MPOL_PREFERRED,
-	.flags = MPOL_F_LOCAL,
+	.mode = MPOL_LOCAL,
 };
 
 static struct mempolicy preferred_node_policy[MAX_NUMNODES];
@@ -200,12 +199,9 @@ static int mpol_new_interleave(struct mempolicy *pol, const nodemask_t *nodes)
 
 static int mpol_new_preferred(struct mempolicy *pol, const nodemask_t *nodes)
 {
-	if (!nodes)
-		pol->flags |= MPOL_F_LOCAL;	/* local allocation */
-	else if (nodes_empty(*nodes))
-		return -EINVAL;			/*  no allowed nodes */
-	else
-		pol->v.preferred_node = first_node(*nodes);
+	if (nodes_empty(*nodes))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	pol->v.preferred_node = first_node(*nodes);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -217,6 +213,11 @@ static int mpol_new_bind(struct mempolicy *pol, const nodemask_t *nodes)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int mpol_new_local(struct mempolicy *pol, const nodemask_t *nodes)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * mpol_set_nodemask is called after mpol_new() to set up the nodemask, if
  * any, for the new policy.  mpol_new() has already validated the nodes
@@ -239,25 +240,19 @@ static int mpol_set_nodemask(struct mempolicy *pol,
 		  cpuset_current_mems_allowed, node_states[N_MEMORY]);
 
 	VM_BUG_ON(!nodes);
-	if (pol->mode == MPOL_PREFERRED && nodes_empty(*nodes))
-		nodes = NULL;	/* explicit local allocation */
-	else {
-		if (pol->flags & MPOL_F_RELATIVE_NODES)
-			mpol_relative_nodemask(&nsc->mask2, nodes, &nsc->mask1);
-		else
-			nodes_and(nsc->mask2, *nodes, nsc->mask1);
 
-		if (mpol_store_user_nodemask(pol))
-			pol->w.user_nodemask = *nodes;
-		else
-			pol->w.cpuset_mems_allowed =
-						cpuset_current_mems_allowed;
-	}
+	if (pol->flags & MPOL_F_RELATIVE_NODES)
+		mpol_relative_nodemask(&nsc->mask2, nodes, &nsc->mask1);
+	else
+		nodes_and(nsc->mask2, *nodes, nsc->mask1);
 
-	if (nodes)
-		ret = mpol_ops[pol->mode].create(pol, &nsc->mask2);
+	if (mpol_store_user_nodemask(pol))
+		pol->w.user_nodemask = *nodes;
 	else
-		ret = mpol_ops[pol->mode].create(pol, NULL);
+		pol->w.cpuset_mems_allowed =
+					cpuset_current_mems_allowed;
+
+	ret = mpol_ops[pol->mode].create(pol, &nsc->mask2);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -290,13 +285,14 @@ static struct mempolicy *mpol_new(unsigned short mode, unsigned short flags,
 			if (((flags & MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES) ||
 			     (flags & MPOL_F_RELATIVE_NODES)))
 				return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+			mode = MPOL_LOCAL;
 		}
 	} else if (mode == MPOL_LOCAL) {
 		if (!nodes_empty(*nodes) ||
 		    (flags & MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES) ||
 		    (flags & MPOL_F_RELATIVE_NODES))
 			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-		mode = MPOL_PREFERRED;
 	} else if (nodes_empty(*nodes))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	policy = kmem_cache_alloc(policy_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -344,25 +340,7 @@ static void mpol_rebind_nodemask(struct mempolicy *pol, const nodemask_t *nodes)
 static void mpol_rebind_preferred(struct mempolicy *pol,
 						const nodemask_t *nodes)
 {
-	nodemask_t tmp;
-
-	if (pol->flags & MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES) {
-		int node = first_node(pol->w.user_nodemask);
-
-		if (node_isset(node, *nodes)) {
-			pol->v.preferred_node = node;
-			pol->flags &= ~MPOL_F_LOCAL;
-		} else
-			pol->flags |= MPOL_F_LOCAL;
-	} else if (pol->flags & MPOL_F_RELATIVE_NODES) {
-		mpol_relative_nodemask(&tmp, &pol->w.user_nodemask, nodes);
-		pol->v.preferred_node = first_node(tmp);
-	} else if (!(pol->flags & MPOL_F_LOCAL)) {
-		pol->v.preferred_node = node_remap(pol->v.preferred_node,
-						   pol->w.cpuset_mems_allowed,
-						   *nodes);
-		pol->w.cpuset_mems_allowed = *nodes;
-	}
+	pol->w.cpuset_mems_allowed = *nodes;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -376,7 +354,7 @@ static void mpol_rebind_policy(struct mempolicy *pol, const nodemask_t *newmask)
 {
 	if (!pol)
 		return;
-	if (!mpol_store_user_nodemask(pol) && !(pol->flags & MPOL_F_LOCAL) &&
+	if (!mpol_store_user_nodemask(pol) &&
 	    nodes_equal(pol->w.cpuset_mems_allowed, *newmask))
 		return;
 
@@ -427,6 +405,10 @@ static const struct mempolicy_operations mpol_ops[MPOL_MAX] = {
 		.create = mpol_new_bind,
 		.rebind = mpol_rebind_nodemask,
 	},
+	[MPOL_LOCAL] = {
+		.create = mpol_new_local,
+		.rebind = mpol_rebind_default,
+	},
 };
 
 static int migrate_page_add(struct page *page, struct list_head *pagelist,
@@ -919,10 +901,12 @@ static void get_policy_nodemask(struct mempolicy *p, nodemask_t *nodes)
 	case MPOL_INTERLEAVE:
 		*nodes = p->v.nodes;
 		break;
+	case MPOL_LOCAL:
+		/* return empty node mask for local allocation */
+		break;
+
 	case MPOL_PREFERRED:
-		if (!(p->flags & MPOL_F_LOCAL))
-			node_set(p->v.preferred_node, *nodes);
-		/* else return empty node mask for local allocation */
+		node_set(p->v.preferred_node, *nodes);
 		break;
 	default:
 		BUG();
@@ -1894,9 +1878,9 @@ nodemask_t *policy_nodemask(gfp_t gfp, struct mempolicy *policy)
 /* Return the node id preferred by the given mempolicy, or the given id */
 static int policy_node(gfp_t gfp, struct mempolicy *policy, int nd)
 {
-	if (policy->mode == MPOL_PREFERRED && !(policy->flags & MPOL_F_LOCAL))
+	if (policy->mode == MPOL_PREFERRED) {
 		nd = policy->v.preferred_node;
-	else {
+	} else {
 		/*
 		 * __GFP_THISNODE shouldn't even be used with the bind policy
 		 * because we might easily break the expectation to stay on the
@@ -1933,14 +1917,11 @@ unsigned int mempolicy_slab_node(void)
 		return node;
 
 	policy = current->mempolicy;
-	if (!policy || policy->flags & MPOL_F_LOCAL)
+	if (!policy)
 		return node;
 
 	switch (policy->mode) {
 	case MPOL_PREFERRED:
-		/*
-		 * handled MPOL_F_LOCAL above
-		 */
 		return policy->v.preferred_node;
 
 	case MPOL_INTERLEAVE:
@@ -1960,6 +1941,8 @@ unsigned int mempolicy_slab_node(void)
 							&policy->v.nodes);
 		return z->zone ? zone_to_nid(z->zone) : node;
 	}
+	case MPOL_LOCAL:
+		return node;
 
 	default:
 		BUG();
@@ -2072,16 +2055,18 @@ bool init_nodemask_of_mempolicy(nodemask_t *mask)
 	mempolicy = current->mempolicy;
 	switch (mempolicy->mode) {
 	case MPOL_PREFERRED:
-		if (mempolicy->flags & MPOL_F_LOCAL)
-			nid = numa_node_id();
-		else
-			nid = mempolicy->v.preferred_node;
+		nid = mempolicy->v.preferred_node;
 		init_nodemask_of_node(mask, nid);
 		break;
 
 	case MPOL_BIND:
 	case MPOL_INTERLEAVE:
-		*mask =  mempolicy->v.nodes;
+		*mask = mempolicy->v.nodes;
+		break;
+
+	case MPOL_LOCAL:
+		nid = numa_node_id();
+		init_nodemask_of_node(mask, nid);
 		break;
 
 	default:
@@ -2188,7 +2173,7 @@ struct page *alloc_pages_vma(gfp_t gfp, int order, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		 * If the policy is interleave, or does not allow the current
 		 * node in its nodemask, we allocate the standard way.
 		 */
-		if (pol->mode == MPOL_PREFERRED && !(pol->flags & MPOL_F_LOCAL))
+		if (pol->mode == MPOL_PREFERRED)
 			hpage_node = pol->v.preferred_node;
 
 		nmask = policy_nodemask(gfp, pol);
@@ -2324,10 +2309,9 @@ bool __mpol_equal(struct mempolicy *a, struct mempolicy *b)
 	case MPOL_INTERLEAVE:
 		return !!nodes_equal(a->v.nodes, b->v.nodes);
 	case MPOL_PREFERRED:
-		/* a's ->flags is the same as b's */
-		if (a->flags & MPOL_F_LOCAL)
-			return true;
 		return a->v.preferred_node == b->v.preferred_node;
+	case MPOL_LOCAL:
+		return true;
 	default:
 		BUG();
 		return false;
@@ -2465,10 +2449,11 @@ int mpol_misplaced(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long
 		break;
 
 	case MPOL_PREFERRED:
-		if (pol->flags & MPOL_F_LOCAL)
-			polnid = numa_node_id();
-		else
-			polnid = pol->v.preferred_node;
+		polnid = pol->v.preferred_node;
+		break;
+
+	case MPOL_LOCAL:
+		polnid = numa_node_id();
 		break;
 
 	case MPOL_BIND:
@@ -2835,9 +2820,6 @@ void numa_default_policy(void)
  * Parse and format mempolicy from/to strings
  */
 
-/*
- * "local" is implemented internally by MPOL_PREFERRED with MPOL_F_LOCAL flag.
- */
 static const char * const policy_modes[] =
 {
 	[MPOL_DEFAULT]    = "default",
@@ -2915,7 +2897,6 @@ int mpol_parse_str(char *str, struct mempolicy **mpol)
 		 */
 		if (nodelist)
 			goto out;
-		mode = MPOL_PREFERRED;
 		break;
 	case MPOL_DEFAULT:
 		/*
@@ -2959,7 +2940,7 @@ int mpol_parse_str(char *str, struct mempolicy **mpol)
 	else if (nodelist)
 		new->v.preferred_node = first_node(nodes);
 	else
-		new->flags |= MPOL_F_LOCAL;
+		new->mode = MPOL_LOCAL;
 
 	/*
 	 * Save nodes for contextualization: this will be used to "clone"
@@ -3005,12 +2986,10 @@ void mpol_to_str(char *buffer, int maxlen, struct mempolicy *pol)
 
 	switch (mode) {
 	case MPOL_DEFAULT:
+	case MPOL_LOCAL:
 		break;
 	case MPOL_PREFERRED:
-		if (flags & MPOL_F_LOCAL)
-			mode = MPOL_LOCAL;
-		else
-			node_set(pol->v.preferred_node, nodes);
+		node_set(pol->v.preferred_node, nodes);
 		break;
 	case MPOL_BIND:
 	case MPOL_INTERLEAVE:
