diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 0c106d73f9c5..04151da399c6 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -1877,9 +1877,16 @@ static struct kmem_cache_node * __init early_kmem_cache_node_alloc(gfp_t gfpflag
 
 	BUG_ON(kmalloc_caches->size < sizeof(struct kmem_cache_node));
 
-	page = new_slab(kmalloc_caches, gfpflags | GFP_THISNODE, node);
+	page = new_slab(kmalloc_caches, gfpflags, node);
 
 	BUG_ON(!page);
+	if (page_to_nid(page) != node) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "SLUB: Unable to allocate memory from "
+				"node %d\n", node);
+		printk(KERN_ERR "SLUB: Allocating a useless per node structure "
+				"in order to be able to continue\n");
+	}
+
 	n = page->freelist;
 	BUG_ON(!n);
 	page->freelist = get_freepointer(kmalloc_caches, n);