diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 7f11560bfddbb2f74711a73ac926ae9882035119..285a2f8ee8d3ac82fd76c7aa841f94349bfc0f8f 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ struct request_queue *__blk_alloc_queue(int node_id)
 	if (ret)
 		goto fail_id;
 
-	q->backing_dev_info = bdi_alloc_node(GFP_KERNEL, node_id);
+	q->backing_dev_info = bdi_alloc(node_id);
 	if (!q->backing_dev_info)
 		goto fail_split;
 
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
index 2916674208b32643950bae373e7380be4d66ab7a..39ec563d9a14becc3b7e4e4bf272c7cd7a39b9a6 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
@@ -2036,7 +2036,7 @@ static struct backing_dev_info * __init mtd_bdi_init(char *name)
 	struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
 	int ret;
 
-	bdi = bdi_alloc(GFP_KERNEL);
+	bdi = bdi_alloc(NUMA_NO_NODE);
 	if (!bdi)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index cd352530eca906eb64d722592c85e2fa3ef02886..dd28fcd706ff516332088aaeddc931f414dc1427 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -1598,7 +1598,7 @@ int super_setup_bdi_name(struct super_block *sb, char *fmt, ...)
 	int err;
 	va_list args;
 
-	bdi = bdi_alloc(GFP_KERNEL);
+	bdi = bdi_alloc(NUMA_NO_NODE);
 	if (!bdi)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index 4098ed6ba6b432d58c493928d35ab94e0c2dd13c..6b3504bf7a42b38ce7f584e58ef75ad8da5efabb 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -36,11 +36,7 @@ int bdi_register_va(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, const char *fmt,
 void bdi_set_owner(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct device *owner);
 void bdi_unregister(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
 
-struct backing_dev_info *bdi_alloc_node(gfp_t gfp_mask, int node_id);
-static inline struct backing_dev_info *bdi_alloc(gfp_t gfp_mask)
-{
-	return bdi_alloc_node(gfp_mask, NUMA_NO_NODE);
-}
+struct backing_dev_info *bdi_alloc(int node_id);
 
 void wb_start_background_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb);
 void wb_workfn(struct work_struct *work);
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index bb993f99d4244cc6854a03537e091a61dd5f8298..1f55d5b8269ff6f9e95f069b75a6de6f8e425639 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -865,12 +865,11 @@ static int bdi_init(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-struct backing_dev_info *bdi_alloc_node(gfp_t gfp_mask, int node_id)
+struct backing_dev_info *bdi_alloc(int node_id)
 {
 	struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
 
-	bdi = kmalloc_node(sizeof(struct backing_dev_info),
-			   gfp_mask | __GFP_ZERO, node_id);
+	bdi = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*bdi), GFP_KERNEL, node_id);
 	if (!bdi)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -880,7 +879,7 @@ struct backing_dev_info *bdi_alloc_node(gfp_t gfp_mask, int node_id)
 	}
 	return bdi;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdi_alloc_node);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdi_alloc);
 
 static struct rb_node **bdi_lookup_rb_node(u64 id, struct rb_node **parentp)
 {