diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/numa_emulation.c b/arch/x86/mm/numa_emulation.c
index 34a2a3bfde9c..22cbad56acab 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/numa_emulation.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/numa_emulation.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static int __init emu_setup_memblk(struct numa_meminfo *ei,
 	eb->nid = nid;
 
 	if (emu_nid_to_phys[nid] == NUMA_NO_NODE)
-		emu_nid_to_phys[nid] = nid;
+		emu_nid_to_phys[nid] = pb->nid;
 
 	pb->start += size;
 	if (pb->start >= pb->end) {