diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index d5a70a831a2a..73f4668d870d 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -1954,8 +1954,14 @@ void kvfree_call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, void *ptr)
 	if (!head)
 		might_sleep();

-	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) && kfree_rcu_sheaf(ptr))
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) && kfree_rcu_sheaf(ptr)) {
+		/*
+		 * The object is now queued for deferred freeing via an RCU
+		 * sheaf. Tell kmemleak to ignore it.
+		 */
+		kmemleak_ignore(ptr);
 		return;
+	}

 	// Queue the object but don't yet schedule the batch.
 	if (debug_rcu_head_queue(ptr)) {
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 20cb4f3b636d..2f2228d3e8b2 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2776,6 +2776,7 @@ static struct slab_sheaf *__alloc_empty_sheaf(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfp,
 	sheaf->cache = s;

 	stat(s, SHEAF_ALLOC);
+	kmemleak_ignore(sheaf);

 	return sheaf;
 }
@@ -7538,6 +7539,7 @@ static void early_kmem_cache_node_alloc(int node)
 	slab->freelist = get_freepointer(kmem_cache_node, n);
 	slab->inuse = 1;
 	kmem_cache_node->node[node] = n;
+	kmemleak_alloc(n, kmem_cache_node->object_size, 1, GFP_NOWAIT);
 	init_kmem_cache_node(n, NULL);
 	inc_slabs_node(kmem_cache_node, node, slab->objects);