diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 33d3363658df..a6e045c13b8d 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -4277,7 +4277,7 @@ out:
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLABINFO
 
-static void print_slabinfo_header(struct seq_file *m)
+void print_slabinfo_header(struct seq_file *m)
 {
 	/*
 	 * Output format version, so at least we can change it
@@ -4300,28 +4300,7 @@ static void print_slabinfo_header(struct seq_file *m)
 	seq_putc(m, '\n');
 }
 
-static void *s_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
-{
-	loff_t n = *pos;
-
-	mutex_lock(&slab_mutex);
-	if (!n)
-		print_slabinfo_header(m);
-
-	return seq_list_start(&slab_caches, *pos);
-}
-
-static void *s_next(struct seq_file *m, void *p, loff_t *pos)
-{
-	return seq_list_next(p, &slab_caches, pos);
-}
-
-static void s_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
-{
-	mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
-}
-
-static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
+int slabinfo_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
 {
 	struct kmem_cache *cachep = list_entry(p, struct kmem_cache, list);
 	struct slab *slabp;
@@ -4418,27 +4397,6 @@ static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * slabinfo_op - iterator that generates /proc/slabinfo
- *
- * Output layout:
- * cache-name
- * num-active-objs
- * total-objs
- * object size
- * num-active-slabs
- * total-slabs
- * num-pages-per-slab
- * + further values on SMP and with statistics enabled
- */
-
-static const struct seq_operations slabinfo_op = {
-	.start = s_start,
-	.next = s_next,
-	.stop = s_stop,
-	.show = s_show,
-};
-
 #define MAX_SLABINFO_WRITE 128
 /**
  * slabinfo_write - Tuning for the slab allocator
@@ -4447,7 +4405,7 @@ static const struct seq_operations slabinfo_op = {
  * @count: data length
  * @ppos: unused
  */
-static ssize_t slabinfo_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
+ssize_t slabinfo_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 		       size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	char kbuf[MAX_SLABINFO_WRITE + 1], *tmp;
@@ -4490,19 +4448,6 @@ static ssize_t slabinfo_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 	return res;
 }
 
-static int slabinfo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
-{
-	return seq_open(file, &slabinfo_op);
-}
-
-static const struct file_operations proc_slabinfo_operations = {
-	.open		= slabinfo_open,
-	.read		= seq_read,
-	.write		= slabinfo_write,
-	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
-	.release	= seq_release,
-};
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB_LEAK
 
 static void *leaks_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
@@ -4631,6 +4576,16 @@ static int leaks_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void *s_next(struct seq_file *m, void *p, loff_t *pos)
+{
+	return seq_list_next(p, &slab_caches, pos);
+}
+
+static void s_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
+{
+	mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
+}
+
 static const struct seq_operations slabstats_op = {
 	.start = leaks_start,
 	.next = s_next,
@@ -4665,7 +4620,6 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_slabstats_operations = {
 
 static int __init slab_proc_init(void)
 {
-	proc_create("slabinfo",S_IWUSR|S_IRUSR,NULL,&proc_slabinfo_operations);
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB_LEAK
 	proc_create("slab_allocators", 0, NULL, &proc_slabstats_operations);
 #endif
diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
index 7deeb449a301..dc78101962a1 100644
--- a/mm/slab.h
+++ b/mm/slab.h
@@ -47,4 +47,12 @@ static inline struct kmem_cache *__kmem_cache_alias(const char *name, size_t siz
 
 int __kmem_cache_shutdown(struct kmem_cache *);
 
+struct seq_file;
+struct file;
+void print_slabinfo_header(struct seq_file *m);
+
+int slabinfo_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p);
+
+ssize_t slabinfo_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
+		       size_t count, loff_t *ppos);
 #endif
diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index 069a24e64403..2e4b4c6d89e2 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
@@ -192,3 +194,71 @@ int slab_is_available(void)
 {
 	return slab_state >= UP;
 }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SLABINFO
+static void *s_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
+{
+	loff_t n = *pos;
+
+	mutex_lock(&slab_mutex);
+	if (!n)
+		print_slabinfo_header(m);
+
+	return seq_list_start(&slab_caches, *pos);
+}
+
+static void *s_next(struct seq_file *m, void *p, loff_t *pos)
+{
+	return seq_list_next(p, &slab_caches, pos);
+}
+
+static void s_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
+{
+	mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
+}
+
+static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
+{
+	return slabinfo_show(m, p);
+}
+
+/*
+ * slabinfo_op - iterator that generates /proc/slabinfo
+ *
+ * Output layout:
+ * cache-name
+ * num-active-objs
+ * total-objs
+ * object size
+ * num-active-slabs
+ * total-slabs
+ * num-pages-per-slab
+ * + further values on SMP and with statistics enabled
+ */
+static const struct seq_operations slabinfo_op = {
+	.start = s_start,
+	.next = s_next,
+	.stop = s_stop,
+	.show = s_show,
+};
+
+static int slabinfo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	return seq_open(file, &slabinfo_op);
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations proc_slabinfo_operations = {
+	.open		= slabinfo_open,
+	.read		= seq_read,
+	.write          = slabinfo_write,
+	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
+	.release	= seq_release,
+};
+
+static int __init slab_proc_init(void)
+{
+	proc_create("slabinfo", S_IRUSR, NULL, &proc_slabinfo_operations);
+	return 0;
+}
+module_init(slab_proc_init);
+#endif /* CONFIG_SLABINFO */
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index a0d698467f70..77a0c8a9fc75 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -5405,7 +5405,7 @@ __initcall(slab_sysfs_init);
  * The /proc/slabinfo ABI
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLABINFO
-static void print_slabinfo_header(struct seq_file *m)
+void print_slabinfo_header(struct seq_file *m)
 {
 	seq_puts(m, "slabinfo - version: 2.1\n");
 	seq_puts(m, "# name            <active_objs> <num_objs> <object_size> "
@@ -5415,28 +5415,7 @@ static void print_slabinfo_header(struct seq_file *m)
 	seq_putc(m, '\n');
 }
 
-static void *s_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
-{
-	loff_t n = *pos;
-
-	mutex_lock(&slab_mutex);
-	if (!n)
-		print_slabinfo_header(m);
-
-	return seq_list_start(&slab_caches, *pos);
-}
-
-static void *s_next(struct seq_file *m, void *p, loff_t *pos)
-{
-	return seq_list_next(p, &slab_caches, pos);
-}
-
-static void s_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
-{
-	mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
-}
-
-static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
+int slabinfo_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
 {
 	unsigned long nr_partials = 0;
 	unsigned long nr_slabs = 0;
@@ -5472,29 +5451,9 @@ static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct seq_operations slabinfo_op = {
-	.start = s_start,
-	.next = s_next,
-	.stop = s_stop,
-	.show = s_show,
-};
-
-static int slabinfo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+ssize_t slabinfo_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
+		       size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	return seq_open(file, &slabinfo_op);
+	return -EIO;
 }
-
-static const struct file_operations proc_slabinfo_operations = {
-	.open		= slabinfo_open,
-	.read		= seq_read,
-	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
-	.release	= seq_release,
-};
-
-static int __init slab_proc_init(void)
-{
-	proc_create("slabinfo", S_IRUSR, NULL, &proc_slabinfo_operations);
-	return 0;
-}
-module_init(slab_proc_init);
 #endif /* CONFIG_SLABINFO */