diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 45e077c7526c..61cd77644c3b 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2856,6 +2856,8 @@ static struct slab_sheaf *__alloc_empty_sheaf(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfp,
 	if (unlikely(!sheaf))
 		return NULL;
 
+	kmemleak_not_leak(sheaf);
+
 	sheaf->cache = s;
 
 	stat(s, SHEAF_ALLOC);