diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 3784195..7d95a23 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2006,6 +2006,7 @@
 };
 extern enum sched_tunable_scaling sysctl_sched_tunable_scaling;
 
+extern unsigned int sysctl_numa_balancing_scan_delay;
 extern unsigned int sysctl_numa_balancing_scan_period_min;
 extern unsigned int sysctl_numa_balancing_scan_period_max;
 extern unsigned int sysctl_numa_balancing_scan_size;
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index cad0d09..fbfc484 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@
 	p->node_stamp = 0ULL;
 	p->numa_scan_seq = p->mm ? p->mm->numa_scan_seq : 0;
 	p->numa_migrate_seq = p->mm ? p->mm->numa_scan_seq - 1 : 0;
-	p->numa_scan_period = sysctl_numa_balancing_scan_period_min;
+	p->numa_scan_period = sysctl_numa_balancing_scan_delay;
 	p->numa_work.next = &p->numa_work;
 #endif /* CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING */
 }
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index f6e1f25..7727b01 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -788,6 +788,9 @@
 /* Portion of address space to scan in MB */
 unsigned int sysctl_numa_balancing_scan_size = 256;
 
+/* Scan @scan_size MB every @scan_period after an initial @scan_delay in ms */
+unsigned int sysctl_numa_balancing_scan_delay = 1000;
+
 static void task_numa_placement(struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	int seq = ACCESS_ONCE(p->mm->numa_scan_seq);
@@ -929,6 +932,8 @@
 	period = (u64)curr->numa_scan_period * NSEC_PER_MSEC;
 
 	if (now - curr->node_stamp > period) {
+		if (!curr->node_stamp)
+			curr->numa_scan_period = sysctl_numa_balancing_scan_period_min;
 		curr->node_stamp = now;
 
 		if (!time_before(jiffies, curr->mm->numa_next_scan)) {
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 7d3a2e0..48a68cc 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -353,6 +353,13 @@
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
 	{
+		.procname	= "numa_balancing_scan_delay_ms",
+		.data		= &sysctl_numa_balancing_scan_delay,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+	},
+	{
 		.procname	= "numa_balancing_scan_period_min_ms",
 		.data		= &sysctl_numa_balancing_scan_period_min,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),