diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 2f8241f..7b9b601 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@
 	 * can no longer free unreserved surplus pages. This occurs when
 	 * the nodes with surplus pages have no free pages.
 	 */
-	unsigned long remaining_iterations = num_online_nodes();
+	unsigned long remaining_iterations = nr_online_nodes;
 
 	/* Uncommit the reservation */
 	h->resv_huge_pages -= unused_resv_pages;
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@
 			h->surplus_huge_pages--;
 			h->surplus_huge_pages_node[nid]--;
 			nr_pages--;
-			remaining_iterations = num_online_nodes();
+			remaining_iterations = nr_online_nodes;
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index e60e414..0c9f406 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -161,7 +161,9 @@
 
 #if MAX_NUMNODES > 1
 int nr_node_ids __read_mostly = MAX_NUMNODES;
+int nr_online_nodes __read_mostly = 1;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nr_node_ids);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(nr_online_nodes);
 #endif
 
 int page_group_by_mobility_disabled __read_mostly;
@@ -1466,7 +1468,7 @@
 		if (NUMA_BUILD)
 			zlc_mark_zone_full(zonelist, z);
 try_next_zone:
-		if (NUMA_BUILD && !did_zlc_setup && num_online_nodes() > 1) {
+		if (NUMA_BUILD && !did_zlc_setup && nr_online_nodes > 1) {
 			/*
 			 * we do zlc_setup after the first zone is tried but only
 			 * if there are multiple nodes make it worthwhile
@@ -2265,7 +2267,7 @@
 }
 
 
-#define MAX_NODE_LOAD (num_online_nodes())
+#define MAX_NODE_LOAD (nr_online_nodes)
 static int node_load[MAX_NUMNODES];
 
 /**
@@ -2474,7 +2476,7 @@
 
 	/* NUMA-aware ordering of nodes */
 	local_node = pgdat->node_id;
-	load = num_online_nodes();
+	load = nr_online_nodes;
 	prev_node = local_node;
 	nodes_clear(used_mask);
 
@@ -2625,7 +2627,7 @@
 
 	printk("Built %i zonelists in %s order, mobility grouping %s.  "
 		"Total pages: %ld\n",
-			num_online_nodes(),
+			nr_online_nodes,
 			zonelist_order_name[current_zonelist_order],
 			page_group_by_mobility_disabled ? "off" : "on",
 			vm_total_pages);
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 30354bf..1c95077 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3737,7 +3737,7 @@
 						 to_cpumask(l->cpus));
 		}
 
-		if (num_online_nodes() > 1 && !nodes_empty(l->nodes) &&
+		if (nr_online_nodes > 1 && !nodes_empty(l->nodes) &&
 				len < PAGE_SIZE - 60) {
 			len += sprintf(buf + len, " nodes=");
 			len += nodelist_scnprintf(buf + len, PAGE_SIZE - len - 50,