diff --git a/lib/stackdepot.c b/lib/stackdepot.c
index 60f77f1d470a05..da015cda4f4baf 100644
--- a/lib/stackdepot.c
+++ b/lib/stackdepot.c
@@ -243,6 +243,12 @@ depot_stack_handle_t depot_save_stack(struct stack_trace *trace,
 		alloc_flags &= ~GFP_ZONEMASK;
 		alloc_flags &= (GFP_ATOMIC | GFP_KERNEL);
 		alloc_flags |= __GFP_NOWARN;
+		/*
+		 * Avoid using current->mempolicy which may already have
+		 * been freed -- we may be in the process of saving the
+		 * stack for exactly that __mpol_put() call.
+		 */
+		alloc_flags |= __GFP_THISNODE;
 		page = alloc_pages(alloc_flags, STACK_ALLOC_ORDER);
 		if (page)
 			prealloc = page_address(page);