diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index f46b65d..cd76964 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -2102,7 +2102,7 @@
 			for_each_online_node(node) {
 				cachep->nodelists[node] =
 				    kmalloc_node(sizeof(struct kmem_list3),
-						GFP_KERNEL, node);
+						gfp, node);
 				BUG_ON(!cachep->nodelists[node]);
 				kmem_list3_init(cachep->nodelists[node]);
 			}