diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 8d369cee0cd6..7f80ebcd6552 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1758,23 +1758,25 @@ unsigned int mempolicy_slab_node(void)
 	}
 }
 
-/* Do static interleaving for a VMA with known offset. */
+/*
+ * Do static interleaving for a VMA with known offset @n.  Returns the n'th
+ * node in pol->v.nodes (starting from n=0), wrapping around if n exceeds the
+ * number of present nodes.
+ */
 static unsigned offset_il_node(struct mempolicy *pol,
-		struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long off)
+			       struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long n)
 {
 	unsigned nnodes = nodes_weight(pol->v.nodes);
 	unsigned target;
-	int c;
-	int nid = NUMA_NO_NODE;
+	int i;
+	int nid;
 
 	if (!nnodes)
 		return numa_node_id();
-	target = (unsigned int)off % nnodes;
-	c = 0;
-	do {
+	target = (unsigned int)n % nnodes;
+	nid = first_node(pol->v.nodes);
+	for (i = 0; i < target; i++)
 		nid = next_node(nid, pol->v.nodes);
-		c++;
-	} while (c <= target);
 	return nid;
 }