diff --git a/lib/debugobjects.c b/lib/debugobjects.c
index dfa43e7ca64c..90e253a4a568 100644
--- a/lib/debugobjects.c
+++ b/lib/debugobjects.c
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ void __init debug_objects_mem_init(void)
 	obj_cache = kmem_cache_create("debug_objects_cache",
 				      sizeof (struct debug_obj), 0,
 				      SLAB_DEBUG_OBJECTS, NULL);
-
+	kmemleak_not_leak(obj_cache);
 	if (!obj_cache || debug_objects_replace_static_objects()) {
 		debug_objects_enabled = 0;
 		if (obj_cache)