diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 9137d1b..824279c 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #endif
 
 enum zone_stat_item {
+	NR_FREE_PAGES,
 	NR_INACTIVE,
 	NR_ACTIVE,
 	NR_ANON_PAGES,	/* Mapped anonymous pages */
@@ -157,7 +158,6 @@
 
 struct zone {
 	/* Fields commonly accessed by the page allocator */
-	unsigned long		free_pages;
 	unsigned long		pages_min, pages_low, pages_high;
 	/*
 	 * We don't know if the memory that we're going to allocate will be freeable
diff --git a/kernel/power/snapshot.c b/kernel/power/snapshot.c
index c024606..fc53ad0 100644
--- a/kernel/power/snapshot.c
+++ b/kernel/power/snapshot.c
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@
 
 	for_each_zone(zone)
 		if (populated_zone(zone) && is_highmem(zone))
-			cnt += zone->free_pages;
+			cnt += zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES);
 
 	return cnt;
 }
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@
 	for_each_zone(zone) {
 		meta += snapshot_additional_pages(zone);
 		if (!is_highmem(zone))
-			free += zone->free_pages;
+			free += zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES);
 	}
 
 	nr_pages += count_pages_for_highmem(nr_highmem);
diff --git a/kernel/power/swsusp.c b/kernel/power/swsusp.c
index 31aa039..7fb8343 100644
--- a/kernel/power/swsusp.c
+++ b/kernel/power/swsusp.c
@@ -230,9 +230,10 @@
 		for_each_zone (zone)
 			if (populated_zone(zone)) {
 				if (is_highmem(zone)) {
-					highmem_size -= zone->free_pages;
+					highmem_size -=
+					zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES);
 				} else {
-					tmp -= zone->free_pages;
+					tmp -= zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES);
 					tmp += zone->lowmem_reserve[ZONE_NORMAL];
 					tmp += snapshot_additional_pages(zone);
 				}
diff --git a/mm/highmem.c b/mm/highmem.c
index 0206e7e..51e1c19 100644
--- a/mm/highmem.c
+++ b/mm/highmem.c
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@
 	unsigned int pages = 0;
 
 	for_each_online_pgdat(pgdat)
-		pages += pgdat->node_zones[ZONE_HIGHMEM].free_pages;
+		pages += zone_page_state(&pgdat->node_zones[ZONE_HIGHMEM],
+			NR_FREE_PAGES);
 
 	return pages;
 }
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 07c954e..ba62d87 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@
 	VM_BUG_ON(page_idx & (order_size - 1));
 	VM_BUG_ON(bad_range(zone, page));
 
-	zone->free_pages += order_size;
+	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES, order_size);
 	while (order < MAX_ORDER-1) {
 		unsigned long combined_idx;
 		struct free_area *area;
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@
 		list_del(&page->lru);
 		rmv_page_order(page);
 		area->nr_free--;
-		zone->free_pages -= 1UL << order;
+		__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES, - (1UL << order));
 		expand(zone, page, order, current_order, area);
 		return page;
 	}
@@ -989,7 +989,8 @@
 		      int classzone_idx, int alloc_flags)
 {
 	/* free_pages my go negative - that's OK */
-	long min = mark, free_pages = z->free_pages - (1 << order) + 1;
+	long min = mark;
+	long free_pages = zone_page_state(z, NR_FREE_PAGES) - (1 << order) + 1;
 	int o;
 
 	if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_HIGH)
@@ -1444,13 +1445,7 @@
  */
 unsigned int nr_free_pages(void)
 {
-	unsigned int sum = 0;
-	struct zone *zone;
-
-	for_each_zone(zone)
-		sum += zone->free_pages;
-
-	return sum;
+	return global_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES);
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nr_free_pages);
@@ -1458,13 +1453,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 unsigned int nr_free_pages_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat)
 {
-	unsigned int sum = 0;
-	enum zone_type i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < MAX_NR_ZONES; i++)
-		sum += pgdat->node_zones[i].free_pages;
-
-	return sum;
+	return node_page_state(pgdat->node_id, NR_FREE_PAGES);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -1514,7 +1503,7 @@
 {
 	val->totalram = totalram_pages;
 	val->sharedram = 0;
-	val->freeram = nr_free_pages();
+	val->freeram = global_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES);
 	val->bufferram = nr_blockdev_pages();
 	val->totalhigh = totalhigh_pages;
 	val->freehigh = nr_free_highpages();
@@ -1529,10 +1518,11 @@
 	pg_data_t *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
 
 	val->totalram = pgdat->node_present_pages;
-	val->freeram = nr_free_pages_pgdat(pgdat);
+	val->freeram = node_page_state(nid, NR_FREE_PAGES);
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 	val->totalhigh = pgdat->node_zones[ZONE_HIGHMEM].present_pages;
-	val->freehigh = pgdat->node_zones[ZONE_HIGHMEM].free_pages;
+	val->freehigh = zone_page_state(&pgdat->node_zones[ZONE_HIGHMEM],
+			NR_FREE_PAGES);
 #else
 	val->totalhigh = 0;
 	val->freehigh = 0;
@@ -1580,13 +1570,13 @@
 	get_zone_counts(&active, &inactive, &free);
 
 	printk("Active:%lu inactive:%lu dirty:%lu writeback:%lu unstable:%lu\n"
-		" free:%u slab:%lu mapped:%lu pagetables:%lu bounce:%lu\n",
+		" free:%lu slab:%lu mapped:%lu pagetables:%lu bounce:%lu\n",
 		active,
 		inactive,
 		global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY),
 		global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK),
 		global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS),
-		nr_free_pages(),
+		global_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES),
 		global_page_state(NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE) +
 			global_page_state(NR_SLAB_UNRECLAIMABLE),
 		global_page_state(NR_FILE_MAPPED),
@@ -1612,7 +1602,7 @@
 			" all_unreclaimable? %s"
 			"\n",
 			zone->name,
-			K(zone->free_pages),
+			K(zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES)),
 			K(zone->pages_min),
 			K(zone->pages_low),
 			K(zone->pages_high),
@@ -2675,7 +2665,6 @@
 		spin_lock_init(&zone->lru_lock);
 		zone_seqlock_init(zone);
 		zone->zone_pgdat = pgdat;
-		zone->free_pages = 0;
 
 		zone->prev_priority = DEF_PRIORITY;
 
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 5462106..2386716 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -16,30 +16,17 @@
 void __get_zone_counts(unsigned long *active, unsigned long *inactive,
 			unsigned long *free, struct pglist_data *pgdat)
 {
-	struct zone *zones = pgdat->node_zones;
-	int i;
-
 	*active = node_page_state(pgdat->node_id, NR_ACTIVE);
 	*inactive = node_page_state(pgdat->node_id, NR_INACTIVE);
-	*free = 0;
-	for (i = 0; i < MAX_NR_ZONES; i++) {
-		*free += zones[i].free_pages;
-	}
+	*free = node_page_state(pgdat->node_id, NR_FREE_PAGES);
 }
 
 void get_zone_counts(unsigned long *active,
 		unsigned long *inactive, unsigned long *free)
 {
-	struct pglist_data *pgdat;
-
 	*active = global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE);
 	*inactive = global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE);
-	*free = 0;
-	for_each_online_pgdat(pgdat) {
-		unsigned long l, m, n;
-		__get_zone_counts(&l, &m, &n, pgdat);
-		*free += n;
-	}
+	*free = global_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS
@@ -454,6 +441,7 @@
 
 static const char * const vmstat_text[] = {
 	/* Zoned VM counters */
+	"nr_free_pages",
 	"nr_active",
 	"nr_inactive",
 	"nr_anon_pages",
@@ -534,7 +522,7 @@
 			   "\n        scanned  %lu (a: %lu i: %lu)"
 			   "\n        spanned  %lu"
 			   "\n        present  %lu",
-			   zone->free_pages,
+			   zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES),
 			   zone->pages_min,
 			   zone->pages_low,
 			   zone->pages_high,