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..9e34a9458162 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3014,8 +3014,10 @@ static void pcs_flush_all(struct kmem_cache *s)
 		free_empty_sheaf(s, spare);
 	}

-	if (rcu_free)
+	if (rcu_free) {
+		kmemleak_ignore(rcu_free);
 		call_rcu(&rcu_free->rcu_head, rcu_free_sheaf_nobarn);
+	}

 	sheaf_flush_main(s);
 }
@@ -3035,6 +3037,7 @@ static void __pcs_flush_all_cpu(struct kmem_cache *s, unsigned int cpu)
 	}

 	if (pcs->rcu_free) {
+		kmemleak_ignore(pcs->rcu_free);
 		call_rcu(&pcs->rcu_free->rcu_head, rcu_free_sheaf_nobarn);
 		pcs->rcu_free = NULL;
 	}
@@ -4031,8 +4034,10 @@ static void flush_rcu_sheaf(struct work_struct *w)

 	local_unlock(&s->cpu_sheaves->lock);

-	if (rcu_free)
+	if (rcu_free) {
+		kmemleak_ignore(rcu_free);
 		call_rcu(&rcu_free->rcu_head, rcu_free_sheaf_nobarn);
+	}
 }


@@ -5948,8 +5953,15 @@ bool __kfree_rcu_sheaf(struct kmem_cache *s, void *obj)
 	 * we flush before local_unlock to make sure a racing
 	 * flush_all_rcu_sheaves() doesn't miss this sheaf
 	 */
-	if (rcu_sheaf)
+	if (rcu_sheaf) {
+		/*
+		 * TODO: Ideally this should be undone in rcu_free_sheaf,
+		 * when the sheaf is returned to a barn to avoid generating
+		 * false negatives.
+		 */
+		kmemleak_ignore(rcu_sheaf);
 		call_rcu(&rcu_sheaf->rcu_head, rcu_free_sheaf);
+	}

 	local_unlock(&s->cpu_sheaves->lock);