diff --git a/net/core/flow.c b/net/core/flow.c
index 9cfe84571ca5..a77531c139b7 100644
--- a/net/core/flow.c
+++ b/net/core/flow.c
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ struct flow_cache_entry {
 	struct flow_cache_entry	*next;
 	u16			family;
 	u8			dir;
-	struct flowi		key;
 	u32			genid;
+	struct flowi		key;
 	void			*object;
 	atomic_t		*object_ref;
 };
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ static int __init flow_cache_init(void)
 
 	flow_cachep = kmem_cache_create("flow_cache",
 					sizeof(struct flow_cache_entry),
-					0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC,
+					0, SLAB_PANIC,
 					NULL);
 	flow_hash_shift = 10;
 	flow_lwm = 2 * flow_hash_size;