}
 
        /* Cannot migrate task to CPU-less node */
-       if (max_nid != NUMA_NO_NODE && !node_state(max_nid, N_CPU)) {
-               int near_nid = max_nid;
-               int distance, near_distance = INT_MAX;
-
-               for_each_node_state(nid, N_CPU) {
-                       distance = node_distance(max_nid, nid);
-                       if (distance < near_distance) {
-                               near_nid = nid;
-                               near_distance = distance;
-                       }
-               }
-               max_nid = near_nid;
-       }
+       max_nid = numa_nearest_node(max_nid, N_CPU);
 
        if (ng) {
                numa_group_count_active_nodes(ng);