Index: linux-2.6.16-rc6-mm2/mm/slab.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.16-rc6-mm2.orig/mm/slab.c	2006-03-21 19:12:41.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.16-rc6-mm2/mm/slab.c	2006-03-21 19:21:18.000000000 -0800
@@ -3482,13 +3482,15 @@ fail:
 	if (!cachep->next.next) {
 		/* Cache is not active yet. Roll back what we did */
 		node--;
-		while (node >= 0 && cachep->nodelists[node]) {
-			l3 = cachep->nodelists[node];
-
-			kfree(l3->shared);
-			free_alien_cache(l3->alien);
-			kfree(l3);
-			cachep->nodelists[node] = NULL;
+		while (node >= 0) {
+			if (cachep->nodelists[node]) {
+				l3 = cachep->nodelists[node];
+
+				kfree(l3->shared);
+				free_alien_cache(l3->alien);
+				kfree(l3);
+				cachep->nodelists[node] = NULL;
+			}
 			node--;
 		}
 	}