diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 52ded855b..06726e181 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ static inline void *get_freepointer(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object)
 
 static void prefetch_freepointer(const struct kmem_cache *s, void *object)
 {
-	prefetch(object + s->offset);
+	prefetchw(object + s->offset);
 }
 
 static inline void *get_freepointer_safe(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object)