diff --git a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
index 9bb6136d77c2cecb3f5b3751f2a2aa19f513c330..1f012843150fbd83b801c11b8a6a58ddcaa099b5 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ void show_mem(void)
 		for (i = 0; i < npmem_ranges; i++) {
 			zl = node_zonelist(i);
 			for (j = 0; j < MAX_NR_ZONES; j++) {
-				struct zone **z;
+				struct zoneref *z;
 				struct zone *zone;
 
 				printk("Zone list for zone %d on node %d: ", j, i);
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 9b5434a80479aad0db053b8e11b980f29b626cfe..ac84cd13075d60142002897661ba067d60b65239 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -360,16 +360,16 @@ void invalidate_bdev(struct block_device *bdev)
  */
 static void free_more_memory(void)
 {
-	struct zone **zones;
+	struct zoneref *zrefs;
 	int nid;
 
 	wakeup_pdflush(1024);
 	yield();
 
 	for_each_online_node(nid) {
-		zones = first_zones_zonelist(node_zonelist(nid, GFP_NOFS),
+		zrefs = first_zones_zonelist(node_zonelist(nid, GFP_NOFS),
 						gfp_zone(GFP_NOFS));
-		if (*zones)
+		if (zrefs->zone)
 			try_to_free_pages(node_zonelist(nid, GFP_NOFS), 0,
 						GFP_NOFS);
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index d5c33a0b89e946cd99d06c3f0b869756db39ef49..d34b4c290017821570662cbcf82964a231a49c1b 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -468,6 +468,15 @@ struct zonelist_cache {
 struct zonelist_cache;
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * This struct contains information about a zone in a zonelist. It is stored
+ * here to avoid dereferences into large structures and lookups of tables
+ */
+struct zoneref {
+	struct zone *zone;	/* Pointer to actual zone */
+	int zone_idx;		/* zone_idx(zoneref->zone) */
+};
+
 /*
  * One allocation request operates on a zonelist. A zonelist
  * is a list of zones, the first one is the 'goal' of the
@@ -476,11 +485,18 @@ struct zonelist_cache;
  *
  * If zlcache_ptr is not NULL, then it is just the address of zlcache,
  * as explained above.  If zlcache_ptr is NULL, there is no zlcache.
+ * *
+ * To speed the reading of the zonelist, the zonerefs contain the zone index
+ * of the entry being read. Helper functions to access information given
+ * a struct zoneref are
+ *
+ * zonelist_zone()	- Return the struct zone * for an entry in _zonerefs
+ * zonelist_zone_idx()	- Return the index of the zone for an entry
+ * zonelist_node_idx()	- Return the index of the node for an entry
  */
-
 struct zonelist {
 	struct zonelist_cache *zlcache_ptr;		     // NULL or &zlcache
-	struct zone *zones[MAX_ZONES_PER_ZONELIST + 1];      // NULL delimited
+	struct zoneref _zonerefs[MAX_ZONES_PER_ZONELIST + 1];
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 	struct zonelist_cache zlcache;			     // optional ...
 #endif
@@ -713,26 +729,52 @@ extern struct zone *next_zone(struct zone *zone);
 	     zone;					\
 	     zone = next_zone(zone))
 
+static inline struct zone *zonelist_zone(struct zoneref *zoneref)
+{
+	return zoneref->zone;
+}
+
+static inline int zonelist_zone_idx(struct zoneref *zoneref)
+{
+	return zoneref->zone_idx;
+}
+
+static inline int zonelist_node_idx(struct zoneref *zoneref)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
+	/* zone_to_nid not available in this context */
+	return zoneref->zone->node;
+#else
+	return 0;
+#endif /* CONFIG_NUMA */
+}
+
+static inline void zoneref_set_zone(struct zone *zone, struct zoneref *zoneref)
+{
+	zoneref->zone = zone;
+	zoneref->zone_idx = zone_idx(zone);
+}
+
 /* Returns the first zone at or below highest_zoneidx in a zonelist */
-static inline struct zone **first_zones_zonelist(struct zonelist *zonelist,
+static inline struct zoneref *first_zones_zonelist(struct zonelist *zonelist,
 					enum zone_type highest_zoneidx)
 {
-	struct zone **z;
+	struct zoneref *z;
 
 	/* Find the first suitable zone to use for the allocation */
-	z = zonelist->zones;
-	while (*z && zone_idx(*z) > highest_zoneidx)
+	z = zonelist->_zonerefs;
+	while (zonelist_zone_idx(z) > highest_zoneidx)
 		z++;
 
 	return z;
 }
 
 /* Returns the next zone at or below highest_zoneidx in a zonelist */
-static inline struct zone **next_zones_zonelist(struct zone **z,
+static inline struct zoneref *next_zones_zonelist(struct zoneref *z,
 					enum zone_type highest_zoneidx)
 {
 	/* Find the next suitable zone to use for the allocation */
-	while (*z && zone_idx(*z) > highest_zoneidx)
+	while (zonelist_zone_idx(z) > highest_zoneidx)
 		z++;
 
 	return z;
@@ -748,9 +790,11 @@ static inline struct zone **next_zones_zonelist(struct zone **z,
  * This iterator iterates though all zones at or below a given zone index.
  */
 #define for_each_zone_zonelist(zone, z, zlist, highidx) \
-	for (z = first_zones_zonelist(zlist, highidx), zone = *z++;	\
+	for (z = first_zones_zonelist(zlist, highidx),			\
+					zone = zonelist_zone(z++);	\
 		zone;							\
-		z = next_zones_zonelist(z, highidx), zone = *z++)
+		z = next_zones_zonelist(z, highidx),			\
+					zone = zonelist_zone(z++))
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM
 #include <asm/sparsemem.h>
diff --git a/include/linux/oom.h b/include/linux/oom.h
index 3852436b652a8a4568c16ea626829cbaa14c6aab..a7979baf1e39b102948698ebf46551db5f2034ca 100644
--- a/include/linux/oom.h
+++ b/include/linux/oom.h
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ enum oom_constraint {
 	CONSTRAINT_MEMORY_POLICY,
 };
 
-extern int try_set_zone_oom(struct zonelist *zonelist);
-extern void clear_zonelist_oom(struct zonelist *zonelist);
+extern int try_set_zone_oom(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_flags);
+extern void clear_zonelist_oom(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_flags);
 
 extern void out_of_memory(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order);
 extern int register_oom_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index 8b35fbd8292f2d5b53b613eab630c67af87ec6f8..a220b13cbfaf393bdecdfb933ef1eb73c2081618 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -1967,8 +1967,8 @@ int cpuset_zonelist_valid_mems_allowed(struct zonelist *zl)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; zl->zones[i]; i++) {
-		int nid = zone_to_nid(zl->zones[i]);
+	for (i = 0; zl->_zonerefs[i].zone; i++) {
+		int nid = zonelist_node_idx(&zl->_zonerefs[i]);
 
 		if (node_isset(nid, current->mems_allowed))
 			return 1;
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index ddd141cad77ff1a75ca4116a01e16be192f437b7..4bced0d705caa0c60659c5445516afa6f3eb8863 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ static struct page *dequeue_huge_page_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	struct mempolicy *mpol;
 	struct zonelist *zonelist = huge_zonelist(vma, address,
 					htlb_alloc_mask, &mpol);
-	struct zone *zone, **z;
+	struct zone *zone;
+	struct zoneref *z;
 
 	for_each_zone_zonelist(zone, z, zonelist, MAX_NR_ZONES - 1) {
 		nid = zone_to_nid(zone);
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 5d20bf44062fa258630fa5c079973627311eb1e8..90193a2a915b0fb3b359971682cf8bb6ebf1e842 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static struct zonelist *bind_zonelist(nodemask_t *nodes)
 		for_each_node_mask(nd, *nodes) { 
 			struct zone *z = &NODE_DATA(nd)->node_zones[k];
 			if (z->present_pages > 0) 
-				zl->zones[num++] = z;
+				zoneref_set_zone(z, &zl->_zonerefs[num++]);
 		}
 		if (k == 0)
 			break;
@@ -196,7 +196,8 @@ static struct zonelist *bind_zonelist(nodemask_t *nodes)
 		kfree(zl);
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}
-	zl->zones[num] = NULL;
+	zl->_zonerefs[num].zone = NULL;
+	zl->_zonerefs[num].zone_idx = 0;
 	return zl;
 }
 
@@ -504,9 +505,11 @@ static void get_zonemask(struct mempolicy *p, nodemask_t *nodes)
 	nodes_clear(*nodes);
 	switch (p->policy) {
 	case MPOL_BIND:
-		for (i = 0; p->v.zonelist->zones[i]; i++)
-			node_set(zone_to_nid(p->v.zonelist->zones[i]),
-				*nodes);
+		for (i = 0; p->v.zonelist->_zonerefs[i].zone; i++) {
+			struct zoneref *zref;
+			zref = &p->v.zonelist->_zonerefs[i];
+			node_set(zonelist_node_idx(zref), *nodes);
+		}
 		break;
 	case MPOL_DEFAULT:
 		break;
@@ -1212,12 +1215,13 @@ unsigned slab_node(struct mempolicy *policy)
 	case MPOL_INTERLEAVE:
 		return interleave_nodes(policy);
 
-	case MPOL_BIND:
+	case MPOL_BIND: {
 		/*
 		 * Follow bind policy behavior and start allocation at the
 		 * first node.
 		 */
-		return zone_to_nid(policy->v.zonelist->zones[0]);
+		return zonelist_node_idx(policy->v.zonelist->_zonerefs);
+	}
 
 	case MPOL_PREFERRED:
 		if (policy->v.preferred_node >= 0)
@@ -1323,7 +1327,7 @@ static struct page *alloc_page_interleave(gfp_t gfp, unsigned order,
 
 	zl = node_zonelist(nid, gfp);
 	page = __alloc_pages(gfp, order, zl);
-	if (page && page_zone(page) == zl->zones[0])
+	if (page && page_zone(page) == zonelist_zone(&zl->_zonerefs[0]))
 		inc_zone_page_state(page, NUMA_INTERLEAVE_HIT);
 	return page;
 }
@@ -1463,10 +1467,14 @@ int __mpol_equal(struct mempolicy *a, struct mempolicy *b)
 		return a->v.preferred_node == b->v.preferred_node;
 	case MPOL_BIND: {
 		int i;
-		for (i = 0; a->v.zonelist->zones[i]; i++)
-			if (a->v.zonelist->zones[i] != b->v.zonelist->zones[i])
+		for (i = 0; a->v.zonelist->_zonerefs[i].zone; i++) {
+			struct zone *za, *zb;
+			za = zonelist_zone(&a->v.zonelist->_zonerefs[i]);
+			zb = zonelist_zone(&b->v.zonelist->_zonerefs[i]);
+			if (za != zb)
 				return 0;
-		return b->v.zonelist->zones[i] == NULL;
+		}
+		return b->v.zonelist->_zonerefs[i].zone == NULL;
 	}
 	default:
 		BUG();
@@ -1785,12 +1793,12 @@ static void mpol_rebind_policy(struct mempolicy *pol,
 		break;
 	case MPOL_BIND: {
 		nodemask_t nodes;
-		struct zone **z;
+		struct zoneref *z;
 		struct zonelist *zonelist;
 
 		nodes_clear(nodes);
-		for (z = pol->v.zonelist->zones; *z; z++)
-			node_set(zone_to_nid(*z), nodes);
+		for (z = pol->v.zonelist->_zonerefs; z->zone; z++)
+			node_set(zonelist_node_idx(z), nodes);
 		nodes_remap(tmp, nodes, *mpolmask, *newmask);
 		nodes = tmp;
 
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 2c93502cfcb49faa46b214afd7ffde072033432d..e41504aa5da9efa8d5155e37097f425bdf0b193c 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static inline enum oom_constraint constrained_alloc(struct zonelist *zonelist,
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 	struct zone *zone;
-	struct zone **z;
+	struct zoneref *z;
 	enum zone_type high_zoneidx = gfp_zone(gfp_mask);
 	nodemask_t nodes = node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY];
 
@@ -462,29 +462,29 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_oom_notifier);
  * if a parallel OOM killing is already taking place that includes a zone in
  * the zonelist.  Otherwise, locks all zones in the zonelist and returns 1.
  */
-int try_set_zone_oom(struct zonelist *zonelist)
+int try_set_zone_oom(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
-	struct zone **z;
+	struct zoneref *z;
+	struct zone *zone;
 	int ret = 1;
 
-	z = zonelist->zones;
-
 	spin_lock(&zone_scan_mutex);
-	do {
-		if (zone_is_oom_locked(*z)) {
+	for_each_zone_zonelist(zone, z, zonelist, gfp_zone(gfp_mask)) {
+		if (zone_is_oom_locked(zone)) {
 			ret = 0;
 			goto out;
 		}
-	} while (*(++z) != NULL);
+	}
+
+	for_each_zone_zonelist(zone, z, zonelist, gfp_zone(gfp_mask)) {
+		/*
+		 * Lock each zone in the zonelist under zone_scan_mutex so a
+		 * parallel invocation of try_set_zone_oom() doesn't succeed
+		 * when it shouldn't.
+		 */
+		zone_set_flag(zone, ZONE_OOM_LOCKED);
+	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Lock each zone in the zonelist under zone_scan_mutex so a parallel
-	 * invocation of try_set_zone_oom() doesn't succeed when it shouldn't.
-	 */
-	z = zonelist->zones;
-	do {
-		zone_set_flag(*z, ZONE_OOM_LOCKED);
-	} while (*(++z) != NULL);
 out:
 	spin_unlock(&zone_scan_mutex);
 	return ret;
@@ -495,16 +495,15 @@ int try_set_zone_oom(struct zonelist *zonelist)
  * allocation attempts with zonelists containing them may now recall the OOM
  * killer, if necessary.
  */
-void clear_zonelist_oom(struct zonelist *zonelist)
+void clear_zonelist_oom(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
-	struct zone **z;
-
-	z = zonelist->zones;
+	struct zoneref *z;
+	struct zone *zone;
 
 	spin_lock(&zone_scan_mutex);
-	do {
-		zone_clear_flag(*z, ZONE_OOM_LOCKED);
-	} while (*(++z) != NULL);
+	for_each_zone_zonelist(zone, z, zonelist, gfp_zone(gfp_mask)) {
+		zone_clear_flag(zone, ZONE_OOM_LOCKED);
+	}
 	spin_unlock(&zone_scan_mutex);
 }
 
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 4ccb8651cf2264320d04a3bd2be4b76cd52de885..6d94d04ea7847db056c9bd2a8be900f8696f08c6 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1317,7 +1317,7 @@ static nodemask_t *zlc_setup(struct zonelist *zonelist, int alloc_flags)
  * We are low on memory in the second scan, and should leave no stone
  * unturned looking for a free page.
  */
-static int zlc_zone_worth_trying(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct zone **z,
+static int zlc_zone_worth_trying(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct zoneref *z,
 						nodemask_t *allowednodes)
 {
 	struct zonelist_cache *zlc;	/* cached zonelist speedup info */
@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ static int zlc_zone_worth_trying(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct zone **z,
 	if (!zlc)
 		return 1;
 
-	i = z - zonelist->zones;
+	i = z - zonelist->_zonerefs;
 	n = zlc->z_to_n[i];
 
 	/* This zone is worth trying if it is allowed but not full */
@@ -1340,7 +1340,7 @@ static int zlc_zone_worth_trying(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct zone **z,
  * zlc->fullzones, so that subsequent attempts to allocate a page
  * from that zone don't waste time re-examining it.
  */
-static void zlc_mark_zone_full(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct zone **z)
+static void zlc_mark_zone_full(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct zoneref *z)
 {
 	struct zonelist_cache *zlc;	/* cached zonelist speedup info */
 	int i;				/* index of *z in zonelist zones */
@@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@ static void zlc_mark_zone_full(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct zone **z)
 	if (!zlc)
 		return;
 
-	i = z - zonelist->zones;
+	i = z - zonelist->_zonerefs;
 
 	set_bit(i, zlc->fullzones);
 }
@@ -1361,13 +1361,13 @@ static nodemask_t *zlc_setup(struct zonelist *zonelist, int alloc_flags)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static int zlc_zone_worth_trying(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct zone **z,
+static int zlc_zone_worth_trying(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct zoneref *z,
 				nodemask_t *allowednodes)
 {
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static void zlc_mark_zone_full(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct zone **z)
+static void zlc_mark_zone_full(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct zoneref *z)
 {
 }
 #endif	/* CONFIG_NUMA */
@@ -1380,7 +1380,7 @@ static struct page *
 get_page_from_freelist(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 		struct zonelist *zonelist, int high_zoneidx, int alloc_flags)
 {
-	struct zone **z;
+	struct zoneref *z;
 	struct page *page = NULL;
 	int classzone_idx;
 	struct zone *zone, *preferred_zone;
@@ -1389,8 +1389,8 @@ get_page_from_freelist(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 	int did_zlc_setup = 0;		/* just call zlc_setup() one time */
 
 	z = first_zones_zonelist(zonelist, high_zoneidx);
-	classzone_idx = zone_idx(*z);
-	preferred_zone = *z;
+	classzone_idx = zonelist_zone_idx(z);
+	preferred_zone = zonelist_zone(z);
 
 zonelist_scan:
 	/*
@@ -1453,7 +1453,8 @@ __alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 {
 	const gfp_t wait = gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT;
 	enum zone_type high_zoneidx = gfp_zone(gfp_mask);
-	struct zone **z;
+	struct zoneref *z;
+	struct zone *zone;
 	struct page *page;
 	struct reclaim_state reclaim_state;
 	struct task_struct *p = current;
@@ -1467,9 +1468,9 @@ __alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 		return NULL;
 
 restart:
-	z = zonelist->zones;  /* the list of zones suitable for gfp_mask */
+	z = zonelist->_zonerefs;  /* the list of zones suitable for gfp_mask */
 
-	if (unlikely(*z == NULL)) {
+	if (unlikely(!z->zone)) {
 		/*
 		 * Happens if we have an empty zonelist as a result of
 		 * GFP_THISNODE being used on a memoryless node
@@ -1493,8 +1494,8 @@ __alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 	if (NUMA_BUILD && (gfp_mask & GFP_THISNODE) == GFP_THISNODE)
 		goto nopage;
 
-	for (z = zonelist->zones; *z; z++)
-		wakeup_kswapd(*z, order);
+	for_each_zone_zonelist(zone, z, zonelist, high_zoneidx)
+		wakeup_kswapd(zone, order);
 
 	/*
 	 * OK, we're below the kswapd watermark and have kicked background
@@ -1575,7 +1576,7 @@ __alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 		if (page)
 			goto got_pg;
 	} else if ((gfp_mask & __GFP_FS) && !(gfp_mask & __GFP_NORETRY)) {
-		if (!try_set_zone_oom(zonelist)) {
+		if (!try_set_zone_oom(zonelist, gfp_mask)) {
 			schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
 			goto restart;
 		}
@@ -1589,18 +1590,18 @@ __alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 		page = get_page_from_freelist(gfp_mask|__GFP_HARDWALL, order,
 			zonelist, high_zoneidx, ALLOC_WMARK_HIGH|ALLOC_CPUSET);
 		if (page) {
-			clear_zonelist_oom(zonelist);
+			clear_zonelist_oom(zonelist, gfp_mask);
 			goto got_pg;
 		}
 
 		/* The OOM killer will not help higher order allocs so fail */
 		if (order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER) {
-			clear_zonelist_oom(zonelist);
+			clear_zonelist_oom(zonelist, gfp_mask);
 			goto nopage;
 		}
 
 		out_of_memory(zonelist, gfp_mask, order);
-		clear_zonelist_oom(zonelist);
+		clear_zonelist_oom(zonelist, gfp_mask);
 		goto restart;
 	}
 
@@ -1702,7 +1703,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_pages);
 
 static unsigned int nr_free_zone_pages(int offset)
 {
-	struct zone **z;
+	struct zoneref *z;
 	struct zone *zone;
 
 	/* Just pick one node, since fallback list is circular */
@@ -1896,7 +1897,8 @@ static int build_zonelists_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct zonelist *zonelist,
 		zone_type--;
 		zone = pgdat->node_zones + zone_type;
 		if (populated_zone(zone)) {
-			zonelist->zones[nr_zones++] = zone;
+			zoneref_set_zone(zone,
+				&zonelist->_zonerefs[nr_zones++]);
 			check_highest_zone(zone_type);
 		}
 
@@ -2072,11 +2074,12 @@ static void build_zonelists_in_node_order(pg_data_t *pgdat, int node)
 	struct zonelist *zonelist;
 
 	zonelist = &pgdat->node_zonelists[0];
-	for (j = 0; zonelist->zones[j] != NULL; j++)
+	for (j = 0; zonelist->_zonerefs[j].zone != NULL; j++)
 		;
 	j = build_zonelists_node(NODE_DATA(node), zonelist, j,
 							MAX_NR_ZONES - 1);
-	zonelist->zones[j] = NULL;
+	zonelist->_zonerefs[j].zone = NULL;
+	zonelist->_zonerefs[j].zone_idx = 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2089,7 +2092,8 @@ static void build_thisnode_zonelists(pg_data_t *pgdat)
 
 	zonelist = &pgdat->node_zonelists[1];
 	j = build_zonelists_node(pgdat, zonelist, 0, MAX_NR_ZONES - 1);
-	zonelist->zones[j] = NULL;
+	zonelist->_zonerefs[j].zone = NULL;
+	zonelist->_zonerefs[j].zone_idx = 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2114,12 +2118,14 @@ static void build_zonelists_in_zone_order(pg_data_t *pgdat, int nr_nodes)
 			node = node_order[j];
 			z = &NODE_DATA(node)->node_zones[zone_type];
 			if (populated_zone(z)) {
-				zonelist->zones[pos++] = z;
+				zoneref_set_zone(z,
+					&zonelist->_zonerefs[pos++]);
 				check_highest_zone(zone_type);
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	zonelist->zones[pos] = NULL;
+	zonelist->_zonerefs[pos].zone = NULL;
+	zonelist->_zonerefs[pos].zone_idx = 0;
 }
 
 static int default_zonelist_order(void)
@@ -2196,7 +2202,8 @@ static void build_zonelists(pg_data_t *pgdat)
 	/* initialize zonelists */
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_ZONELISTS; i++) {
 		zonelist = pgdat->node_zonelists + i;
-		zonelist->zones[0] = NULL;
+		zonelist->_zonerefs[0].zone = NULL;
+		zonelist->_zonerefs[0].zone_idx = 0;
 	}
 
 	/* NUMA-aware ordering of nodes */
@@ -2248,13 +2255,13 @@ static void build_zonelist_cache(pg_data_t *pgdat)
 {
 	struct zonelist *zonelist;
 	struct zonelist_cache *zlc;
-	struct zone **z;
+	struct zoneref *z;
 
 	zonelist = &pgdat->node_zonelists[0];
 	zonelist->zlcache_ptr = zlc = &zonelist->zlcache;
 	bitmap_zero(zlc->fullzones, MAX_ZONES_PER_ZONELIST);
-	for (z = zonelist->zones; *z; z++)
-		zlc->z_to_n[z - zonelist->zones] = zone_to_nid(*z);
+	for (z = zonelist->_zonerefs; z->zone; z++)
+		zlc->z_to_n[z - zonelist->_zonerefs] = zonelist_node_idx(z);
 }
 
 
@@ -2297,7 +2304,8 @@ static void build_zonelists(pg_data_t *pgdat)
 							MAX_NR_ZONES - 1);
 	}
 
-	zonelist->zones[j] = NULL;
+	zonelist->_zonerefs[j].zone = NULL;
+	zonelist->_zonerefs[j].zone_idx = 0;
 }
 
 /* non-NUMA variant of zonelist performance cache - just NULL zlcache_ptr */
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 29851841da62e44d8ea3c7ce361c5adb9cab2f12..7bc4a136846e8960e49653a9816bfa9d9618a07c 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -3242,7 +3242,7 @@ static void *fallback_alloc(struct kmem_cache *cache, gfp_t flags)
 {
 	struct zonelist *zonelist;
 	gfp_t local_flags;
-	struct zone **z;
+	struct zoneref *z;
 	struct zone *zone;
 	enum zone_type high_zoneidx = gfp_zone(flags);
 	void *obj = NULL;
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 80d20cc1c0f8db0a2affcf2a16216616c7497082..48fff83a1e9dd822cbf912723c63024723d52df6 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ static struct page *get_any_partial(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 	struct zonelist *zonelist;
-	struct zone **z;
+	struct zoneref *z;
 	struct zone *zone;
 	enum zone_type high_zoneidx = gfp_zone(flags);
 	struct page *page;
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 0515b8f4489480b26f697c82de0be268a2572b49..eceac9f9032fda78ffd2f79a44f95b4f33762a0f 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_zones(int priority, struct zonelist *zonelist,
 {
 	enum zone_type high_zoneidx = gfp_zone(sc->gfp_mask);
 	unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
-	struct zone **z;
+	struct zoneref *z;
 	struct zone *zone;
 
 	sc->all_unreclaimable = 1;
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_zones(int priority, struct zonelist *zonelist,
  * allocation attempt will fail.
  */
 static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
-					gfp_t gfp_mask, struct scan_control *sc)
+					struct scan_control *sc)
 {
 	int priority;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -1309,9 +1309,9 @@ static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
 	unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
 	struct reclaim_state *reclaim_state = current->reclaim_state;
 	unsigned long lru_pages = 0;
-	struct zone **z;
+	struct zoneref *z;
 	struct zone *zone;
-	enum zone_type high_zoneidx = gfp_zone(gfp_mask);
+	enum zone_type high_zoneidx = gfp_zone(sc->gfp_mask);
 
 	if (scan_global_lru(sc))
 		count_vm_event(ALLOCSTALL);
@@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@ static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
 		 * over limit cgroups
 		 */
 		if (scan_global_lru(sc)) {
-			shrink_slab(sc->nr_scanned, gfp_mask, lru_pages);
+			shrink_slab(sc->nr_scanned, sc->gfp_mask, lru_pages);
 			if (reclaim_state) {
 				nr_reclaimed += reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab;
 				reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab = 0;
@@ -1410,7 +1410,7 @@ unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist, int order,
 		.isolate_pages = isolate_pages_global,
 	};
 
-	return do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist, gfp_mask, &sc);
+	return do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist, &sc);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
@@ -1419,7 +1419,6 @@ unsigned long try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(struct mem_cgroup *mem_cont,
 						gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	struct scan_control sc = {
-		.gfp_mask = gfp_mask,
 		.may_writepage = !laptop_mode,
 		.may_swap = 1,
 		.swap_cluster_max = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
@@ -1429,12 +1428,11 @@ unsigned long try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(struct mem_cgroup *mem_cont,
 		.isolate_pages = mem_cgroup_isolate_pages,
 	};
 	struct zonelist *zonelist;
-	int target_zone = gfp_zone(GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE);
 
-	zonelist = &NODE_DATA(numa_node_id())->node_zonelists[target_zone];
-	if (do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist, sc.gfp_mask, &sc))
-		return 1;
-	return 0;
+	sc.gfp_mask = (gfp_mask & GFP_RECLAIM_MASK) |
+			(GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE & ~GFP_RECLAIM_MASK);
+	zonelist = NODE_DATA(numa_node_id())->node_zonelists;
+	return do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist, &sc);
 }
 #endif