diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 84976cd..8416862 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
 cifs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct cifsInodeInfo *cifs_inode;
-	cifs_inode = kmem_cache_alloc(cifs_inode_cachep, SLAB_KERNEL);
+	cifs_inode = kmem_cache_alloc(cifs_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cifs_inode)
 		return NULL;
 	cifs_inode->cifsAttrs = 0x20;	/* default */