diff --git a/fs/coda/inode.c b/fs/coda/inode.c
index 88d1233..50cedd2 100644
--- a/fs/coda/inode.c
+++ b/fs/coda/inode.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 static struct inode *coda_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct coda_inode_info *ei;
-	ei = (struct coda_inode_info *)kmem_cache_alloc(coda_inode_cachep, SLAB_KERNEL);
+	ei = (struct coda_inode_info *)kmem_cache_alloc(coda_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ei)
 		return NULL;
 	memset(&ei->c_fid, 0, sizeof(struct CodaFid));