diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 42a6bea58af369f4408eba0cf020dbc6d74352eb..1f356f3bbc6468d56a75abe833eea06280c199aa 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ extern void kfree(const void *);
 extern unsigned int ksize(const void *);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-extern void *kmem_cache_alloc_node(kmem_cache_t *, int flags, int node);
+extern void *kmem_cache_alloc_node(kmem_cache_t *,
+			unsigned int __nocast flags, int node);
 extern void *kmalloc_node(size_t size, unsigned int __nocast flags, int node);
 #else
 static inline void *kmem_cache_alloc_node(kmem_cache_t *cachep, int flags, int node)
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 05a391059fe1d92b58a85fb5cb1e3039f6fa6468..9e876d6dfad97f2c4ab60a881edcb91d528c1c3c 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -1720,7 +1720,7 @@ kmem_cache_create (const char *name, size_t size, size_t align,
 	cachep->objsize = size;
 
 	if (flags & CFLGS_OFF_SLAB)
-		cachep->slabp_cache = kmem_find_general_cachep(slab_size,0);
+		cachep->slabp_cache = kmem_find_general_cachep(slab_size, 0u);
 	cachep->ctor = ctor;
 	cachep->dtor = dtor;
 	cachep->name = name;
@@ -2839,7 +2839,7 @@ int fastcall kmem_ptr_validate(kmem_cache_t *cachep, void *ptr)
  * New and improved: it will now make sure that the object gets
  * put on the correct node list so that there is no false sharing.
  */
-void *kmem_cache_alloc_node(kmem_cache_t *cachep, int flags, int nodeid)
+void *kmem_cache_alloc_node(kmem_cache_t *cachep, unsigned int __nocast flags, int nodeid)
 {
 	unsigned long save_flags;
 	void *ptr;