diff --git a/datapath/flow.c b/datapath/flow.c
index 599b4e5c0ef..30e4d2104dc 100644
--- a/datapath/flow.c
+++ b/datapath/flow.c
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ void ovs_flow_stats_update(struct sw_flow *flow, __be16 tcp_flags,
 			   const struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct flow_stats *stats;
-	int node = numa_node_id();
 	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	int len = skb->len + (skb_vlan_tag_present(skb) ? VLAN_HLEN : 0);
 
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ void ovs_flow_stats_update(struct sw_flow *flow, __be16 tcp_flags,
                                                               __GFP_THISNODE |
                                                               __GFP_NOWARN |
 							      __GFP_NOMEMALLOC,
-							      node);
+							      numa_node_id());
 				if (likely(new_stats)) {
 					new_stats->used = jiffies;
 					new_stats->packet_count = 1;