diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8dcf749c40df..25240c4bcb5c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7516795739bd53175629b90fab0ad488d7a6a9f7
+refs/heads/master: aedb0eb107961a234f7c38e53da65a8f7ea992a9
diff --git a/trunk/mm/slab.c b/trunk/mm/slab.c
index 266449d604bd..84c631f30741 100644
--- a/trunk/mm/slab.c
+++ b/trunk/mm/slab.c
@@ -3152,12 +3152,15 @@ void *fallback_alloc(struct kmem_cache *cache, gfp_t flags)
 	struct zone **z;
 	void *obj = NULL;
 
-	for (z = zonelist->zones; *z && !obj; z++)
+	for (z = zonelist->zones; *z && !obj; z++) {
+		int nid = zone_to_nid(*z);
+
 		if (zone_idx(*z) <= ZONE_NORMAL &&
-				cpuset_zone_allowed(*z, flags))
+				cpuset_zone_allowed(*z, flags) &&
+				cache->nodelists[nid])
 			obj = __cache_alloc_node(cache,
-					flags | __GFP_THISNODE,
-					zone_to_nid(*z));
+					flags | __GFP_THISNODE, nid);
+	}
 	return obj;
 }