diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 264fc76455d7..9bdadf9909e0 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2034,8 +2034,7 @@ int alloc_slab_obj_exts(struct slab *slab, struct kmem_cache *s,
 			   slab_nid(slab));
 	if (!vec) {
 		/* Mark vectors which failed to allocate */
-		if (new_slab)
-			mark_failed_objexts_alloc(slab);
+		mark_failed_objexts_alloc(slab);
 
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}