diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 18bf13eac54b..60119f78ccc0 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3968,9 +3968,9 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size_t size,
 			}
 			return s;
 		}
-		kfree(n);
 		kfree(s);
 	}
+	kfree(n);
 err:
 	up_write(&slub_lock);