1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 7dfa481c96ba..646db3085193 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -2261,9 +2261,11 @@ kmem_cache_create (const char *name, size_t size, size_t align,
         /*
          * Determine if the slab management is 'on' or 'off' slab.
          * (bootstrapping cannot cope with offslab caches so don't do
-         * it too early on.)
+         * it too early on. Always use on-slab management when
+         * SLAB_NOLEAKTRACE to avoid recursive calls into kmemleak)
          */
-        if ((size >= (PAGE_SIZE >> 3)) && !slab_early_init)
+        if ((size >= (PAGE_SIZE >> 3)) && !slab_early_init &&
+            !(flags & SLAB_NOLEAKTRACE))
                 /*
                  * Size is large, assume best to place the slab management obj
                  * off-slab (should allow better packing of objs).