diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c
index e9f1b12bd75c..d5ed1a70d13a 100644
--- a/block/bdev.c
+++ b/block/bdev.c
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ void __init bdev_cache_init(void)
 
 	bdev_cachep = kmem_cache_create("bdev_cache", sizeof(struct bdev_inode),
 			0, (SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|
-				SLAB_MEM_SPREAD|SLAB_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC),
+				SLAB_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC),
 			init_once);
 	err = register_filesystem(&bd_type);
 	if (err)