diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b7b63081..cf7de58b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ ps: security labels can contain any printable ASCII
 top: help and version message on stdout, with exit(0)    #283541
 ps: SIGTSTP and SIGTTOU shouldn't print bug email address    #246123
 slabtop: compile with glibc 2.2.17 (and older, likely)
-slabtop: fix overflow on huge NUMA boxes   #264640
+slabtop: fix overflow on huge NUMA boxes                #264640
+slabtop: accept any slabinfo 2.x format              g77301
 
 procps-3.2.3 --> procps-3.2.4
 
diff --git a/proc/slab.c b/proc/slab.c
index f1a6bc21..aa7299cf 100644
--- a/proc/slab.c
+++ b/proc/slab.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  * This program is licensed under the GNU Library General Public License, v2
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2003 Chris Rivera
+ * Copyright 2004, Albert Cahalan
  */
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -293,7 +294,7 @@ int get_slabinfo(struct slab_info **list, struct slab_stat *stats)
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	if (major == 2 && minor == 0)
+	if (major == 2)
 		ret = parse_slabinfo20(list, stats, slabfile);
 	else if (major == 1 && minor == 1)
 		ret = parse_slabinfo11(list, stats, slabfile);