diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 7e2a208134c31..3aa12b9b323d9 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3301,7 +3301,7 @@ slab_out_of_memory(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, int nid)
 		unsigned long nr_objs;
 		unsigned long nr_free;
 
-		nr_free  = count_partial(n, count_free);
+		nr_free  = count_partial_free_approx(n);
 		nr_slabs = node_nr_slabs(n);
 		nr_objs  = node_nr_objs(n);