diff --git a/src/vlib/linux/physmem.c b/src/vlib/linux/physmem.c
index 161dbf5..72b00e2 100644
--- a/src/vlib/linux/physmem.c
+++ b/src/vlib/linux/physmem.c
@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@
 	{
 	  void *ptr = pr->mem + (i << pr->log2_page_size);
 	  int node;
-	  move_pages (0, 1, &ptr, 0, &node, 0);
-	  if (numa_node != node)
+	  if ((move_pages (0, 1, &ptr, 0, &node, 0) == 0) &&
+	      (numa_node != node))
 	    {
 	      clib_warning ("physmem page for region \'%s\' allocated on the"
 			    " wrong numa node (requested %u actual %u)",
diff --git a/src/vppinfra/linux/mem.c b/src/vppinfra/linux/mem.c
index 2d8f593..e0e22b0 100644
--- a/src/vppinfra/linux/mem.c
+++ b/src/vppinfra/linux/mem.c
@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@
   if (a->flags & (CLIB_MEM_VM_F_NUMA_PREFER | CLIB_MEM_VM_F_NUMA_FORCE))
     {
       int rv;
-      rv =
-	get_mempolicy (&old_mpol, old_mask, sizeof (old_mask) * 8 + 1, 0, 0);
+      rv = get_mempolicy (&old_mpol, old_mask, sizeof (old_mask) * 8 + 1,
+			  0, 0);
 
       if (rv == -1)
 	{
-	  if ((a->flags & CLIB_MEM_VM_F_NUMA_FORCE) != 0)
+	  if (a->numa_node != 0 && (a->flags & CLIB_MEM_VM_F_NUMA_FORCE) != 0)
 	    {
 	      err = clib_error_return_unix (0, "get_mempolicy");
 	      goto error;
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
       goto error;
     }
 
-  /* re-apply ole numa memory policy */
+  /* re-apply old numa memory policy */
   if (old_mpol != -1 &&
       set_mempolicy (old_mpol, old_mask, sizeof (old_mask) * 8 + 1) == -1)
     {