diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 343b3c0..ce501bc 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1316,7 +1316,8 @@
 		case S_IFREG:
 			inode->i_op = &shmem_inode_operations;
 			inode->i_fop = &shmem_file_operations;
-			mpol_shared_policy_init(&info->policy);
+			mpol_shared_policy_init(&info->policy, sbinfo->policy,
+							&sbinfo->policy_nodes);
 			break;
 		case S_IFDIR:
 			inode->i_nlink++;
@@ -1330,7 +1331,8 @@
 			 * Must not load anything in the rbtree,
 			 * mpol_free_shared_policy will not be called.
 			 */
-			mpol_shared_policy_init(&info->policy);
+			mpol_shared_policy_init(&info->policy, MPOL_DEFAULT,
+						NULL);
 			break;
 		}
 	} else if (sbinfo->max_inodes) {
@@ -1843,7 +1845,9 @@
 	.put_link	= shmem_put_link,
 };
 
-static int shmem_parse_options(char *options, int *mode, uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid, unsigned long *blocks, unsigned long *inodes)
+static int shmem_parse_options(char *options, int *mode, uid_t *uid,
+	gid_t *gid, unsigned long *blocks, unsigned long *inodes,
+	int *policy, nodemask_t *policy_nodes)
 {
 	char *this_char, *value, *rest;
 
@@ -1897,6 +1901,19 @@
 			*gid = simple_strtoul(value,&rest,0);
 			if (*rest)
 				goto bad_val;
+		} else if (!strcmp(this_char,"mpol")) {
+			if (!strcmp(value,"default"))
+				*policy = MPOL_DEFAULT;
+			else if (!strcmp(value,"preferred"))
+				*policy = MPOL_PREFERRED;
+			else if (!strcmp(value,"bind"))
+				*policy = MPOL_BIND;
+			else if (!strcmp(value,"interleave"))
+				*policy = MPOL_INTERLEAVE;
+			else
+				goto bad_val;
+		} else if (!strcmp(this_char,"mpol_nodelist")) {
+			nodelist_parse(value, *policy_nodes);
 		} else {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "tmpfs: Bad mount option %s\n",
 			       this_char);
@@ -1917,12 +1934,14 @@
 	struct shmem_sb_info *sbinfo = SHMEM_SB(sb);
 	unsigned long max_blocks = sbinfo->max_blocks;
 	unsigned long max_inodes = sbinfo->max_inodes;
+	int policy = sbinfo->policy;
+	nodemask_t policy_nodes = sbinfo->policy_nodes;
 	unsigned long blocks;
 	unsigned long inodes;
 	int error = -EINVAL;
 
-	if (shmem_parse_options(data, NULL, NULL, NULL,
-				&max_blocks, &max_inodes))
+	if (shmem_parse_options(data, NULL, NULL, NULL, &max_blocks,
+				&max_inodes, &policy, &policy_nodes))
 		return error;
 
 	spin_lock(&sbinfo->stat_lock);
@@ -1948,6 +1967,8 @@
 	sbinfo->free_blocks = max_blocks - blocks;
 	sbinfo->max_inodes  = max_inodes;
 	sbinfo->free_inodes = max_inodes - inodes;
+	sbinfo->policy = policy;
+	sbinfo->policy_nodes = policy_nodes;
 out:
 	spin_unlock(&sbinfo->stat_lock);
 	return error;
@@ -1972,6 +1993,8 @@
 	struct shmem_sb_info *sbinfo;
 	unsigned long blocks = 0;
 	unsigned long inodes = 0;
+	int policy = MPOL_DEFAULT;
+	nodemask_t policy_nodes = node_online_map;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS
 	/*
@@ -1984,8 +2007,8 @@
 		inodes = totalram_pages - totalhigh_pages;
 		if (inodes > blocks)
 			inodes = blocks;
-		if (shmem_parse_options(data, &mode, &uid, &gid,
-					&blocks, &inodes))
+		if (shmem_parse_options(data, &mode, &uid, &gid, &blocks,
+					&inodes, &policy, &policy_nodes))
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 #else
@@ -2003,6 +2026,8 @@
 	sbinfo->free_blocks = blocks;
 	sbinfo->max_inodes = inodes;
 	sbinfo->free_inodes = inodes;
+	sbinfo->policy = policy;
+	sbinfo->policy_nodes = policy_nodes;
 
 	sb->s_fs_info = sbinfo;
 	sb->s_maxbytes = SHMEM_MAX_BYTES;