diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 41eba21..4612bb2 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -1602,26 +1602,29 @@
 static bool numamigrate_update_ratelimit(pg_data_t *pgdat,
 					unsigned long nr_pages)
 {
-	bool rate_limited = false;
-
 	/*
 	 * Rate-limit the amount of data that is being migrated to a node.
 	 * Optimal placement is no good if the memory bus is saturated and
 	 * all the time is being spent migrating!
 	 */
-	spin_lock(&pgdat->numabalancing_migrate_lock);
 	if (time_after(jiffies, pgdat->numabalancing_migrate_next_window)) {
+		spin_lock(&pgdat->numabalancing_migrate_lock);
 		pgdat->numabalancing_migrate_nr_pages = 0;
 		pgdat->numabalancing_migrate_next_window = jiffies +
 			msecs_to_jiffies(migrate_interval_millisecs);
+		spin_unlock(&pgdat->numabalancing_migrate_lock);
 	}
 	if (pgdat->numabalancing_migrate_nr_pages > ratelimit_pages)
-		rate_limited = true;
-	else
-		pgdat->numabalancing_migrate_nr_pages += nr_pages;
-	spin_unlock(&pgdat->numabalancing_migrate_lock);
-	
-	return rate_limited;
+		return true;
+
+	/*
+	 * This is an unlocked non-atomic update so errors are possible.
+	 * The consequences are failing to migrate when we potentiall should
+	 * have which is not severe enough to warrant locking. If it is ever
+	 * a problem, it can be converted to a per-cpu counter.
+	 */
+	pgdat->numabalancing_migrate_nr_pages += nr_pages;
+	return false;
 }
 
 static int numamigrate_isolate_page(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct page *page)