diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 2b0b151..f2e92dc 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -1628,36 +1628,36 @@
 			size_t size, size_t align, unsigned long flags)
 {
 	size_t left_over = 0;
+	int gfporder;
 
-	for (;; cachep->gfporder++) {
+	for (gfporder = 0 ; gfporder <= MAX_GFP_ORDER; gfporder++) {
 		unsigned int num;
 		size_t remainder;
 
-		if (cachep->gfporder > MAX_GFP_ORDER) {
-			cachep->num = 0;
-			break;
-		}
-
-		cache_estimate(cachep->gfporder, size, align, flags,
-			       &remainder, &num);
+		cache_estimate(gfporder, size, align, flags, &remainder, &num);
 		if (!num)
 			continue;
+
 		/* More than offslab_limit objects will cause problems */
-		if (flags & CFLGS_OFF_SLAB && cachep->num > offslab_limit)
+		if ((flags & CFLGS_OFF_SLAB) && num > offslab_limit)
 			break;
 
+		/* Found something acceptable - save it away */
 		cachep->num = num;
+		cachep->gfporder = gfporder;
 		left_over = remainder;
 
 		/*
 		 * Large number of objects is good, but very large slabs are
 		 * currently bad for the gfp()s.
 		 */
-		if (cachep->gfporder >= slab_break_gfp_order)
+		if (gfporder >= slab_break_gfp_order)
 			break;
 
-		if ((left_over * 8) <= (PAGE_SIZE << cachep->gfporder))
-			/* Acceptable internal fragmentation */
+		/*
+		 * Acceptable internal fragmentation?
+		 */
+		if ((left_over * 8) <= (PAGE_SIZE << gfporder))
 			break;
 	}
 	return left_over;