diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ca6775f0390c..d4c7304f1b6e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a3474224e6a01924be40a8255636ea5522c1023a
+refs/heads/master: d32ddd8f20e7d7a49c45c337c2079be03c77dc41
diff --git a/trunk/mm/slob.c b/trunk/mm/slob.c
index 5bc2ceb692ec..08a9bd91a1aa 100644
--- a/trunk/mm/slob.c
+++ b/trunk/mm/slob.c
@@ -321,7 +321,8 @@ static void *slob_alloc(size_t size, gfp_t gfp, int align, int node)
 		/* Improve fragment distribution and reduce our average
 		 * search time by starting our next search here. (see
 		 * Knuth vol 1, sec 2.5, pg 449) */
-		if (free_slob_pages.next != prev->next)
+		if (prev != free_slob_pages.prev &&
+				free_slob_pages.next != prev->next)
 			list_move_tail(&free_slob_pages, prev->next);
 		break;
 	}