diff --git a/include/linux/mempolicy.h b/include/linux/mempolicy.h
index 4aa42732e47..95b738c7abf 100644
--- a/include/linux/mempolicy.h
+++ b/include/linux/mempolicy.h
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ extern struct zonelist *huge_zonelist(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 extern bool init_nodemask_of_mempolicy(nodemask_t *mask);
 extern bool mempolicy_nodemask_intersects(struct task_struct *tsk,
 				const nodemask_t *mask);
-extern unsigned slab_node(struct mempolicy *policy);
+extern unsigned slab_node(void);
 
 extern enum zone_type policy_zone;
 
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index f15c1b24ca1..cb0b230aa3f 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1602,8 +1602,14 @@ static unsigned interleave_nodes(struct mempolicy *policy)
  * task can change it's policy.  The system default policy requires no
  * such protection.
  */
-unsigned slab_node(struct mempolicy *policy)
+unsigned slab_node(void)
 {
+	struct mempolicy *policy;
+
+	if (in_interrupt())
+		return numa_node_id();
+
+	policy = current->mempolicy;
 	if (!policy || policy->flags & MPOL_F_LOCAL)
 		return numa_node_id();
 
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index fc4a7744670..dd607a8e670 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -3310,7 +3310,7 @@ static void *alternate_node_alloc(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t flags)
 	if (cpuset_do_slab_mem_spread() && (cachep->flags & SLAB_MEM_SPREAD))
 		nid_alloc = cpuset_slab_spread_node();
 	else if (current->mempolicy)
-		nid_alloc = slab_node(current->mempolicy);
+		nid_alloc = slab_node();
 	if (nid_alloc != nid_here)
 		return ____cache_alloc_node(cachep, flags, nid_alloc);
 	return NULL;
@@ -3342,7 +3342,7 @@ static void *fallback_alloc(struct kmem_cache *cache, gfp_t flags)
 
 retry_cpuset:
 	cpuset_mems_cookie = get_mems_allowed();
-	zonelist = node_zonelist(slab_node(current->mempolicy), flags);
+	zonelist = node_zonelist(slab_node(), flags);
 
 retry:
 	/*
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 797271f5afb..348fed1643f 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -1617,7 +1617,7 @@ static void *get_any_partial(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags,
 
 	do {
 		cpuset_mems_cookie = get_mems_allowed();
-		zonelist = node_zonelist(slab_node(current->mempolicy), flags);
+		zonelist = node_zonelist(slab_node(), flags);
 		for_each_zone_zonelist(zone, z, zonelist, high_zoneidx) {
 			struct kmem_cache_node *n;