Index: linux-2.6/mm/page_alloc.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ linux-2.6/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1533,6 +1533,11 @@ restart:
 rebalance:
 	if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS) {
 nofail_alloc:
+		/*
+		 * break out of mempolicy boundaries
+		 */
+		zonelist = node_zonelist(numa_node_id(), gfp_mask);
+
 		/* go through the zonelist yet again, ignoring mins */
 		page = get_page_from_freelist(gfp_mask, nodemask, order,
 				zonelist, high_zoneidx, ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS);