diff --git a/net/core/flow.c b/net/core/flow.c
index a618f89..bcbbe2d 100644
--- a/net/core/flow.c
+++ b/net/core/flow.c
@@ -311,18 +311,13 @@ void flow_cache_flush(void)
 static void __devinit flow_cache_cpu_prepare(int cpu)
 {
 	struct tasklet_struct *tasklet;
-	unsigned long order;
 
-	for (order = 0;
-	     (PAGE_SIZE << order) <
-		     (sizeof(struct flow_cache_entry *)*flow_hash_size);
-	     order++)
-		/* NOTHING */;
-
-	flow_table(cpu) = (struct flow_cache_entry **)
-		__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO, order);
+	flow_table(cpu) = kmalloc_node(
+		sizeof(struct flow_cache_entry *) * flow_hash_size,
+		GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO,
+		cpu_to_node(cpu));
 	if (!flow_table(cpu))
-		panic("NET: failed to allocate flow cache order %lu\n", order);
+		panic("NET: failed to allocate flow cache for cpu %d\n", cpu);
 
 	flow_hash_rnd_recalc(cpu) = 1;
 	flow_count(cpu) = 0;