diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 1ccf794..3e9fda0 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1126,6 +1126,8 @@
 		err = 0;
 	}
 	if (flags) {
+		if (!strcmp(flags, "static"))
+			*mode_flags |= MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES;
 	}
 out:
 	/* Restore string for error message */