diff --git a/arch/x86_64/mm/numa.c b/arch/x86_64/mm/numa.c
index 0ae2d9d..5ee07bc 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/mm/numa.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/mm/numa.c
@@ -362,6 +362,21 @@
 }
 
 /*
+ * Splits the remaining system RAM into chunks of size.  The remaining memory is
+ * always assigned to a final node and can be asymmetric.  Returns the number of
+ * nodes split.
+ */
+static int __init split_nodes_by_size(struct bootnode *nodes, u64 *addr,
+				      u64 max_addr, int node_start, u64 size)
+{
+	int i = node_start;
+	size = (size << 20) & FAKE_NODE_MIN_HASH_MASK;
+	while (!setup_node_range(i++, nodes, addr, size, max_addr))
+		;
+	return i - node_start;
+}
+
+/*
  * Sets up the system RAM area from start_pfn to end_pfn according to the
  * numa=fake command-line option.
  */
@@ -370,9 +385,10 @@
 	struct bootnode nodes[MAX_NUMNODES];
 	u64 addr = start_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	u64 max_addr = end_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
-	unsigned int coeff;
-	unsigned int num = 0;
 	int num_nodes = 0;
+	int coeff_flag;
+	int coeff = -1;
+	int num = 0;
 	u64 size;
 	int i;
 
@@ -390,29 +406,34 @@
 	}
 
 	/* Parse the command line. */
-	for (coeff = 1; ; cmdline++) {
+	for (coeff_flag = 0; ; cmdline++) {
 		if (*cmdline && isdigit(*cmdline)) {
 			num = num * 10 + *cmdline - '0';
 			continue;
 		}
-		if (*cmdline == '*')
-			coeff = num;
+		if (*cmdline == '*') {
+			if (num > 0)
+				coeff = num;
+			coeff_flag = 1;
+		}
 		if (!*cmdline || *cmdline == ',') {
+			if (!coeff_flag)
+				coeff = 1;
 			/*
 			 * Round down to the nearest FAKE_NODE_MIN_SIZE.
 			 * Command-line coefficients are in megabytes.
 			 */
 			size = ((u64)num << 20) & FAKE_NODE_MIN_HASH_MASK;
-			if (size) {
+			if (size)
 				for (i = 0; i < coeff; i++, num_nodes++)
 					if (setup_node_range(num_nodes, nodes,
 						&addr, size, max_addr) < 0)
 						goto done;
-				coeff = 1;
-			}
+			if (!*cmdline)
+				break;
+			coeff_flag = 0;
+			coeff = -1;
 		}
-		if (!*cmdline)
-			break;
 		num = 0;
 	}
 done:
@@ -420,6 +441,12 @@
 		return -1;
 	/* Fill remainder of system RAM, if appropriate. */
 	if (addr < max_addr) {
+		if (coeff_flag && coeff < 0) {
+			/* Split remaining nodes into num-sized chunks */
+			num_nodes += split_nodes_by_size(nodes, &addr, max_addr,
+							 num_nodes, num);
+			goto out;
+		}
 		switch (*(cmdline - 1)) {
 		case '*':
 			/* Split remaining nodes into coeff chunks */