diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5f56f04253a9..68241e5108bd 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b4634484815e1879512a23e4f59eef648135c30a
+refs/heads/master: 83b78bd2d31f12d7d9317d9802a1996a7bd8a6f2
diff --git a/trunk/mm/slab.c b/trunk/mm/slab.c
index 122d031baab2..e57abd45eede 100644
--- a/trunk/mm/slab.c
+++ b/trunk/mm/slab.c
@@ -2372,6 +2372,9 @@ void *kmem_cache_alloc_node(kmem_cache_t *cachep, int flags, int nodeid)
 	struct slab *slabp;
 	kmem_bufctl_t next;
 
+	if (nodeid == -1)
+		return kmem_cache_alloc(cachep, flags);
+
 	for (loop = 0;;loop++) {
 		struct list_head *q;