diff --git a/kernel/profile.c b/kernel/profile.c
index cb1e37d2dac..6f69bf792d9 100644
--- a/kernel/profile.c
+++ b/kernel/profile.c
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ static int __devinit profile_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *info,
 		per_cpu(cpu_profile_flip, cpu) = 0;
 		if (!per_cpu(cpu_profile_hits, cpu)[1]) {
 			page = alloc_pages_node(node,
-					GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO | GFP_THISNODE,
+					GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO,
 					0);
 			if (!page)
 				return NOTIFY_BAD;
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ static int __devinit profile_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *info,
 		}
 		if (!per_cpu(cpu_profile_hits, cpu)[0]) {
 			page = alloc_pages_node(node,
-					GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO | GFP_THISNODE,
+					GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO,
 					0);
 			if (!page)
 				goto out_free;