--- mm/mempool.c-dist	Tue Dec 31 10:03:51 2002
+++ mm/mempool.c	Tue Dec 31 10:04:24 2002
@@ -142,14 +142,14 @@
 		element = pool->alloc(gfp_mask, pool->pool_data);
 		if (!element)
 			goto out;
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&pool->lock, flags);
 		if (pool->curr_nr < pool->min_nr)
 			add_element(pool, element);
-		else
-			kfree(element);		/* Raced */
+		else 	/* Raced */
+			pool->free(element, pool->pool_data);
 	}
 out_unlock:
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
 out:
 	return 0;
 }