Index: linux-2.6.19-rc6-mm1/mm/slab.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19-rc6-mm1.orig/mm/slab.c	2006-11-29 12:45:34.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6.19-rc6-mm1/mm/slab.c	2006-11-29 13:10:40.407895491 -0600
@@ -3584,7 +3584,7 @@ __cache_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *ca
 		int nodeid, void *caller)
 {
 	unsigned long save_flags;
-	void *ptr;
+	void *ptr = NULL;
 
 	cache_alloc_debugcheck_before(cachep, flags);
 	local_irq_save(save_flags);
@@ -3592,7 +3592,7 @@ __cache_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *ca
 	if (nodeid == -1 || nodeid == numa_node_id() ||
 			!cachep->nodelists[nodeid])
 		ptr = ____cache_alloc(cachep, flags);
-	else
+	if (!ptr)
 		ptr = ____cache_alloc_node(cachep, flags, nodeid);
 	local_irq_restore(save_flags);