diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ea96db565b9e..1354dce77b11 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2d7a695604556913d9ef1ead47881b804d6c52b4
+refs/heads/master: 3f7dfe24b84c0ad698c461fc9c4ba3544bbfcebf
diff --git a/trunk/mm/bootmem.c b/trunk/mm/bootmem.c
index 4730931b45a9..26d057a8b552 100644
--- a/trunk/mm/bootmem.c
+++ b/trunk/mm/bootmem.c
@@ -575,15 +575,6 @@ static void * __init alloc_bootmem_bdata(struct bootmem_data *bdata,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static void * __init alloc_arch_preferred_bootmem(bootmem_data_t *bdata,
-					unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
-					unsigned long goal, unsigned long limit)
-{
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(slab_is_available()))
-		return kzalloc(size, GFP_NOWAIT);
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 static void * __init alloc_bootmem_core(unsigned long size,
 					unsigned long align,
 					unsigned long goal,
@@ -592,9 +583,8 @@ static void * __init alloc_bootmem_core(unsigned long size,
 	bootmem_data_t *bdata;
 	void *region;
 
-	region = alloc_arch_preferred_bootmem(NULL, size, align, goal, limit);
-	if (region)
-		return region;
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(slab_is_available()))
+		return kzalloc(size, GFP_NOWAIT);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(bdata, &bdata_list, list) {
 		if (goal && bdata->node_low_pfn <= PFN_DOWN(goal))
@@ -692,11 +682,9 @@ void * __init ___alloc_bootmem_node_nopanic(pg_data_t *pgdat,
 {
 	void *ptr;
 
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(slab_is_available()))
+		return kzalloc(size, GFP_NOWAIT);
 again:
-	ptr = alloc_arch_preferred_bootmem(pgdat->bdata, size,
-					   align, goal, limit);
-	if (ptr)
-		return ptr;
 
 	/* do not panic in alloc_bootmem_bdata() */
 	if (limit && goal + size > limit)