diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 0d6ca7bac6c8..36c7253bea72 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -3143,8 +3143,11 @@ void __init buffer_init(void)
 	int nrpages;
 
 	bh_cachep = kmem_cache_create("buffer_head",
-			sizeof(struct buffer_head), 0,
-			SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC, init_buffer_head, NULL);
+					sizeof(struct buffer_head), 0,
+					(SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC|
+					SLAB_MEM_SPREAD),
+					init_buffer_head,
+					NULL);
 
 	/*
 	 * Limit the bh occupancy to 10% of ZONE_NORMAL
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 11dc83092d4a..653f64ce98e2 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1682,7 +1682,8 @@ static void __init dcache_init(unsigned long mempages)
 	dentry_cache = kmem_cache_create("dentry_cache",
 					 sizeof(struct dentry),
 					 0,
-					 SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC,
+					 (SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC|
+					 SLAB_MEM_SPREAD),
 					 NULL, NULL);
 	
 	set_shrinker(DEFAULT_SEEKS, shrink_dcache_memory);
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 25967b67903d..a51c671c54cf 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1375,8 +1375,13 @@ void __init inode_init(unsigned long mempages)
 	int loop;
 
 	/* inode slab cache */
-	inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create("inode_cache", sizeof(struct inode),
-				0, SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC, init_once, NULL);
+	inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create("inode_cache",
+					 sizeof(struct inode),
+					 0,
+					 (SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC|
+					 SLAB_MEM_SPREAD),
+					 init_once,
+					 NULL);
 	set_shrinker(DEFAULT_SEEKS, shrink_icache_memory);
 
 	/* Hash may have been set up in inode_init_early */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.h
index f0268a84e6fd..2cfd33d4d8aa 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.h
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ extern void  kmem_free(void *, size_t);
 
 #define KM_ZONE_HWALIGN	SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN
 #define KM_ZONE_RECLAIM	SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT
-#define KM_ZONE_SPREAD	0
+#define KM_ZONE_SPREAD	SLAB_MEM_SPREAD
 
 #define kmem_zone	kmem_cache
 #define kmem_zone_t	struct kmem_cache