diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 0c906fefc31b..401557ff5487 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -7513,6 +7513,7 @@ 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, sizeof(*n), 1, GFP_NOWAIT);
 	init_kmem_cache_node(n, NULL);
 	inc_slabs_node(kmem_cache_node, node, slab->objects);