Index: linux-2.6.21-rc2/mm/slub.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.21-rc2.orig/mm/slub.c	2007-02-28 17:57:37.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.21-rc2/mm/slub.c	2007-02-28 17:59:05.000000000 -0800
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ out:
 
 /*
  * Get a page from somewhere. Search in increasing NUMA
- * distance.
+ * distances.
  */
 static struct page *get_any_partial(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags)
 {
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ static struct page *get_any_partial(stru
 		n = get_node(s, zone_to_nid(*z));
 
 		if (n && cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(*z, flags) &&
-				n->nr_partial) {
+				n->nr_partial > 2) {
 			page = get_partial_node(n);
 			if (page)
 				return page;