diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 79053ece02cd..060a0eb26917 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -2592,6 +2592,7 @@ static unsigned long alloc_pages_bulk_interleave(gfp_t gfp,
 		struct mempolicy *pol, unsigned long nr_pages,
 		struct page **page_array)
 {
+	unsigned int cpuset_mems_cookie;
 	int nodes;
 	unsigned long nr_pages_per_node;
 	int delta;
@@ -2599,7 +2600,16 @@ static unsigned long alloc_pages_bulk_interleave(gfp_t gfp,
 	unsigned long nr_allocated;
 	unsigned long total_allocated = 0;
 
-	nodes = nodes_weight(pol->nodes);
+	/* count the nodes, retry if a rebind happened during the read */
+	do {
+		cpuset_mems_cookie = read_mems_allowed_begin();
+		nodes = nodes_weight(pol->nodes);
+	} while (read_mems_allowed_retry(cpuset_mems_cookie));
+
+	/* if the nodemask has become invalid, we cannot do anything */
+	if (!nodes)
+		return 0;
+
 	nr_pages_per_node = nr_pages / nodes;
 	delta = nr_pages - nodes * nr_pages_per_node;