unsigned long save_flags;
        void *ptr;
 
-       if (nodeid == -1)
-               return __cache_alloc(cachep, flags);
-
-       if (unlikely(!cachep->nodelists[nodeid])) {
-               /* Fall back to __cache_alloc if we run into trouble */
-               printk(KERN_WARNING
-                      "slab: not allocating in inactive node %d for cache %s\n",
-                      nodeid, cachep->name);
-               return __cache_alloc(cachep, flags);
-       }
-
        cache_alloc_debugcheck_before(cachep, flags);
        local_irq_save(save_flags);
-       if (nodeid == numa_node_id())
+
+       if (nodeid == -1 || nodeid == numa_node_id() ||
+           !cachep->nodelists[nodeid])
                ptr = ____cache_alloc(cachep, flags);
        else
                ptr = __cache_alloc_node(cachep, flags, nodeid);
        local_irq_restore(save_flags);
-       ptr =
-           cache_alloc_debugcheck_after(cachep, flags, ptr,
-                                        __builtin_return_address(0));
+
+       ptr = cache_alloc_debugcheck_after(cachep, flags, ptr,
+                                          __builtin_return_address(0));
 
        return ptr;
 }