diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 85c2e03..fd1e4c4 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -1021,8 +1021,7 @@
 	}
 }
 
-static inline int cache_free_alien(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void *objp,
-				   int nesting)
+static inline int cache_free_alien(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void *objp)
 {
 	struct slab *slabp = virt_to_slab(objp);
 	int nodeid = slabp->nodeid;
@@ -1040,7 +1039,7 @@
 	STATS_INC_NODEFREES(cachep);
 	if (l3->alien && l3->alien[nodeid]) {
 		alien = l3->alien[nodeid];
-		spin_lock_nested(&alien->lock, nesting);
+		spin_lock(&alien->lock);
 		if (unlikely(alien->avail == alien->limit)) {
 			STATS_INC_ACOVERFLOW(cachep);
 			__drain_alien_cache(cachep, alien, nodeid);
@@ -1069,8 +1068,7 @@
 {
 }
 
-static inline int cache_free_alien(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void *objp,
-				   int nesting)
+static inline int cache_free_alien(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void *objp)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1760,8 +1758,6 @@
 }
 #endif
 
-static void __cache_free(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void *objp, int nesting);
-
 /**
  * slab_destroy - destroy and release all objects in a slab
  * @cachep: cache pointer being destroyed
@@ -1785,17 +1781,8 @@
 		call_rcu(&slab_rcu->head, kmem_rcu_free);
 	} else {
 		kmem_freepages(cachep, addr);
-		if (OFF_SLAB(cachep)) {
-			unsigned long flags;
-
-			/*
-		 	 * lockdep: we may nest inside an already held
-			 * ac->lock, so pass in a nesting flag:
-			 */
-			local_irq_save(flags);
-			__cache_free(cachep->slabp_cache, slabp, 1);
-			local_irq_restore(flags);
-		}
+		if (OFF_SLAB(cachep))
+			kmem_cache_free(cachep->slabp_cache, slabp);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3135,7 +3122,7 @@
 #endif
 	check_irq_off();
 	l3 = cachep->nodelists[node];
-	spin_lock_nested(&l3->list_lock, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
+	spin_lock(&l3->list_lock);
 	if (l3->shared) {
 		struct array_cache *shared_array = l3->shared;
 		int max = shared_array->limit - shared_array->avail;
@@ -3178,14 +3165,14 @@
  * Release an obj back to its cache. If the obj has a constructed state, it must
  * be in this state _before_ it is released.  Called with disabled ints.
  */
-static void __cache_free(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void *objp, int nesting)
+static inline void __cache_free(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void *objp)
 {
 	struct array_cache *ac = cpu_cache_get(cachep);
 
 	check_irq_off();
 	objp = cache_free_debugcheck(cachep, objp, __builtin_return_address(0));
 
-	if (cache_free_alien(cachep, objp, nesting))
+	if (cache_free_alien(cachep, objp))
 		return;
 
 	if (likely(ac->avail < ac->limit)) {
@@ -3424,7 +3411,7 @@
 	BUG_ON(virt_to_cache(objp) != cachep);
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
-	__cache_free(cachep, objp, 0);
+	__cache_free(cachep, objp);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_free);
@@ -3449,7 +3436,7 @@
 	kfree_debugcheck(objp);
 	c = virt_to_cache(objp);
 	debug_check_no_locks_freed(objp, obj_size(c));
-	__cache_free(c, (void *)objp, 0);
+	__cache_free(c, (void *)objp);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree);