Index: linux-2.6.15-rc1-mm2/mm/slab.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.15-rc1-mm2.orig/mm/slab.c	2005-11-21 13:16:07.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.15-rc1-mm2/mm/slab.c	2005-11-21 13:16:59.000000000 -0800
@@ -2890,21 +2890,14 @@ void *kmem_cache_alloc_node(kmem_cache_t
 	unsigned long save_flags;
 	void *ptr;
 
-	if (nodeid == -1)
-		return __cache_alloc(cachep, flags);
-
-	if (unlikely(!cachep->nodelists[nodeid])) {
-		/* Fall back to __cache_alloc if we run into trouble */
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "slab: not allocating in inactive node %d for cache %s\n", nodeid, cachep->name);
-		return __cache_alloc(cachep,flags);
-	}
-
 	cache_alloc_debugcheck_before(cachep, flags);
 	local_irq_save(save_flags);
-	if (nodeid == numa_node_id())
+
+	if (nodeid == -1 || nodeid == numa_node_id() || !cachep->nodelists[nodeid])
 		ptr = ____cache_alloc(cachep, flags);
 	else
 		ptr = __cache_alloc_node(cachep, flags, nodeid);
+
 	local_irq_restore(save_flags);
 	ptr = cache_alloc_debugcheck_after(cachep, flags, ptr, __builtin_return_address(0));