diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
index c4f9a361bd18..84c28f451d2d 100644
--- a/mm/slab.h
+++ b/mm/slab.h
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ extern struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache;
 struct kmem_cache *__kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size_t size,
 	size_t align, unsigned long flags, void (*ctor)(void *));
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SLUB
+struct kmem_cache *__kmem_cache_alias(const char *name, size_t size,
+	size_t align, unsigned long flags, void (*ctor)(void *));
+#else
+static inline struct kmem_cache *__kmem_cache_alias(const char *name, size_t size,
+	size_t align, unsigned long flags, void (*ctor)(void *))
+{ return NULL; }
+#endif
+
+
 int __kmem_cache_shutdown(struct kmem_cache *);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index f18c06fd97c7..adc42b01b25b 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size_t size, size_t align
 		goto out_locked;
 	}
 
+	s = __kmem_cache_alias(name, size, align, flags, ctor);
+	if (s)
+		goto out_locked;
+
 	s = __kmem_cache_create(n, size, align, flags, ctor);
 
 	if (s) {
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 91c9a2fe6760..64d445e7a27d 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3708,7 +3708,7 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void)
 		slub_max_order = 0;
 
 	kmem_size = offsetof(struct kmem_cache, node) +
-				nr_node_ids * sizeof(struct kmem_cache_node *);
+			nr_node_ids * sizeof(struct kmem_cache_node *);
 
 	/* Allocate two kmem_caches from the page allocator */
 	kmalloc_size = ALIGN(kmem_size, cache_line_size());
@@ -3922,7 +3922,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache *find_mergeable(size_t size,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-struct kmem_cache *__kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size_t size,
+struct kmem_cache *__kmem_cache_alias(const char *name, size_t size,
 		size_t align, unsigned long flags, void (*ctor)(void *))
 {
 	struct kmem_cache *s;
@@ -3939,11 +3939,18 @@ struct kmem_cache *__kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size_t size,
 
 		if (sysfs_slab_alias(s, name)) {
 			s->refcount--;
-			return NULL;
+			s = NULL;
 		}
-		return s;
 	}
 
+	return s;
+}
+
+struct kmem_cache *__kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size_t size,
+		size_t align, unsigned long flags, void (*ctor)(void *))
+{
+	struct kmem_cache *s;
+
 	s = kmem_cache_alloc(kmem_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (s) {
 		if (kmem_cache_open(s, name,