1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index d7c32de99ee8..c5e89eb9ac8f 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static struct mem_section *sparse_index_alloc(int nid)
         unsigned long array_size = SECTIONS_PER_ROOT *
                                    sizeof(struct mem_section);
 
-        if (system_state == SYSTEM_RUNNING)
+        if (slab_is_available())
                 section = kmalloc_node(array_size, GFP_KERNEL, nid);
         else
                 section = alloc_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(nid), array_size);