diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
index 1946fac..139201a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@
 	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
 		desc = irq_to_desc(i);
 		desc->chip_data = &cfg[i];
-		alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var(&cfg[i].domain);
-		alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var(&cfg[i].old_domain);
+		alloc_cpumask_var(&cfg[i].domain, GFP_NOWAIT);
+		alloc_cpumask_var(&cfg[i].old_domain, GFP_NOWAIT);
 		if (i < NR_IRQS_LEGACY)
 			cpumask_setall(cfg[i].domain);
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/irq.h b/include/linux/irq.h
index eedbb8e..1e50c34f 100644
--- a/include/linux/irq.h
+++ b/include/linux/irq.h
@@ -430,23 +430,19 @@
  * Returns true if successful (or not required).
  */
 static inline bool alloc_desc_masks(struct irq_desc *desc, int node,
-								bool boot)
+							bool boot)
 {
+	gfp_t gfp = GFP_ATOMIC;
+
+	if (boot)
+		gfp = GFP_NOWAIT;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
-	if (boot) {
-		alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var(&desc->affinity);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ
-		alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var(&desc->pending_mask);
-#endif
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	if (!alloc_cpumask_var_node(&desc->affinity, GFP_ATOMIC, node))
+	if (!alloc_cpumask_var_node(&desc->affinity, gfp, node))
 		return false;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ
-	if (!alloc_cpumask_var_node(&desc->pending_mask, GFP_ATOMIC, node)) {
+	if (!alloc_cpumask_var_node(&desc->pending_mask, gfp, node)) {
 		free_cpumask_var(desc->affinity);
 		return false;
 	}
diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index 026facc..d5a7e17 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -1857,7 +1857,7 @@
 
 int __init cpuset_init_early(void)
 {
-	alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var(&top_cpuset.cpus_allowed);
+	alloc_cpumask_var(&top_cpuset.cpus_allowed, GFP_NOWAIT);
 
 	top_cpuset.mems_generation = cpuset_mems_generation++;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/profile.c b/kernel/profile.c
index 7724e04..28cf26a 100644
--- a/kernel/profile.c
+++ b/kernel/profile.c
@@ -111,12 +111,6 @@
 	/* only text is profiled */
 	prof_len = (_etext - _stext) >> prof_shift;
 	buffer_bytes = prof_len*sizeof(atomic_t);
-	if (!slab_is_available()) {
-		prof_buffer = alloc_bootmem(buffer_bytes);
-		alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var(&prof_cpu_mask);
-		cpumask_copy(prof_cpu_mask, cpu_possible_mask);
-		return 0;
-	}
 
 	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&prof_cpu_mask, GFP_KERNEL))
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/lib/cpumask.c b/lib/cpumask.c
index eb23aaa..7bb4142 100644
--- a/lib/cpumask.c
+++ b/lib/cpumask.c
@@ -92,15 +92,8 @@
  */
 bool alloc_cpumask_var_node(cpumask_var_t *mask, gfp_t flags, int node)
 {
-	if (likely(slab_is_available()))
-		*mask = kmalloc_node(cpumask_size(), flags, node);
-	else {
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS
-		printk(KERN_ERR
-			"=> alloc_cpumask_var: kmalloc not available!\n");
-#endif
-		*mask = NULL;
-	}
+	*mask = kmalloc_node(cpumask_size(), flags, node);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS
 	if (!*mask) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "=> alloc_cpumask_var: failed!\n");