diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 3c9e98f0999a..a5832f82234c 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2902,18 +2902,14 @@ static void free_loc_track(struct loc_track *t)
 			get_order(sizeof(struct location) * t->max));
 }
 
-static int alloc_loc_track(struct loc_track *t, unsigned long max)
+static int alloc_loc_track(struct loc_track *t, unsigned long max, gfp_t flags)
 {
 	struct location *l;
 	int order;
 
-	if (!max)
-		max = PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(struct location);
-
 	order = get_order(sizeof(struct location) * max);
 
-	l = (void *)__get_free_pages(GFP_ATOMIC, order);
-
+	l = (void *)__get_free_pages(flags, order);
 	if (!l)
 		return 0;
 
@@ -2979,7 +2975,7 @@ static int add_location(struct loc_track *t, struct kmem_cache *s,
 	/*
 	 * Not found. Insert new tracking element.
 	 */
-	if (t->count >= t->max && !alloc_loc_track(t, 2 * t->max))
+	if (t->count >= t->max && !alloc_loc_track(t, 2 * t->max, GFP_ATOMIC))
 		return 0;
 
 	l = t->loc + pos;
@@ -3022,11 +3018,12 @@ static int list_locations(struct kmem_cache *s, char *buf,
 {
 	int n = 0;
 	unsigned long i;
-	struct loc_track t;
+	struct loc_track t = { 0, 0, NULL };
 	int node;
 
-	t.count = 0;
-	t.max = 0;
+	if (!alloc_loc_track(&t, PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(struct location),
+			GFP_KERNEL))
+		return sprintf(buf, "Out of memory\n");
 
 	/* Push back cpu slabs */
 	flush_all(s);