diff --git a/mm/slob.c b/mm/slob.c
index cb675d126791..bf7e8fc3aed8 100644
--- a/mm/slob.c
+++ b/mm/slob.c
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size_t size,
 	struct kmem_cache *c;
 
 	c = slob_alloc(sizeof(struct kmem_cache),
-		flags, ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN, -1);
+		GFP_KERNEL, ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN, -1);
 
 	if (c) {
 		c->name = name;