diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index f528e5fbef82..9656bdc94007 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -333,14 +333,20 @@ enum track_item { TRACK_ALLOC, TRACK_FREE };
 
 #ifdef SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS
 static int sysfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *);
+static int __init slab_kset_init(void);
+static void __init slab_sysfs_process_aliases(void);
 #else
 static inline int sysfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *s) { return 0; }
+static inline int slab_kset_init(void) { return 0; }
+static inline void slab_sysfs_process_aliases(void) { }
 #endif
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS) && defined(CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG)
 static void debugfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *);
+static void __init slab_debugfs_root_init(void);
 #else
 static inline void debugfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *s) { }
+static inline void slab_debugfs_root_init(void) { }
 #endif
 
 enum add_mode {
@@ -9746,28 +9752,20 @@ int sysfs_slab_alias(struct kmem_cache *s, const char *name)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int __init slab_sysfs_init(void)
+static int __init slab_kset_init(void)
 {
-	struct kmem_cache *s;
-	int err;
-
-	mutex_lock(&slab_mutex);
-
 	slab_kset = kset_create_and_add("slab", NULL, kernel_kobj);
 	if (!slab_kset) {
-		mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
 		pr_err("Cannot register slab subsystem.\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	slab_state = FULL;
+	return 0;
+}
 
-	list_for_each_entry(s, &slab_caches, list) {
-		err = sysfs_slab_add(s);
-		if (err)
-			pr_err("SLUB: Unable to add boot slab %s to sysfs\n",
-			       s->name);
-	}
+static void __init slab_sysfs_process_aliases(void)
+{
+	int err;
 
 	while (alias_list) {
 		struct saved_alias *al = alias_list;
@@ -9779,13 +9777,42 @@ static int __init slab_sysfs_init(void)
 			       al->name);
 		kfree(al);
 	}
-
-	mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
-	return 0;
 }
-late_initcall(slab_sysfs_init);
 #endif /* SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS */
 
+#if defined(SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS) || \
+	(defined(CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG) && defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS))
+static int __init slab_late_init(void)
+{
+	struct kmem_cache *s;
+	int err;
+
+	mutex_lock(&slab_mutex);
+
+	err = slab_kset_init();
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
+	slab_debugfs_root_init();
+	slab_state = FULL;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(s, &slab_caches, list) {
+		if (sysfs_slab_add(s))
+			pr_err("SLUB: Unable to add boot slab %s to sysfs\n",
+			       s->name);
+
+		if (s->flags & SLAB_STORE_USER)
+			debugfs_slab_add(s);
+	}
+
+	slab_sysfs_process_aliases();
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
+	return err;
+}
+late_initcall(slab_late_init);
+#endif
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG) && defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)
 static int slab_debugfs_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 {
@@ -9976,23 +10003,16 @@ static void debugfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *s)
 
 void debugfs_slab_release(struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
+	if (unlikely(!slab_debugfs_root))
+		return;
+
 	debugfs_lookup_and_remove(s->name, slab_debugfs_root);
 }
 
-static int __init slab_debugfs_init(void)
+static void __init slab_debugfs_root_init(void)
 {
-	struct kmem_cache *s;
-
 	slab_debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir("slab", NULL);
-
-	list_for_each_entry(s, &slab_caches, list)
-		if (s->flags & SLAB_STORE_USER)
-			debugfs_slab_add(s);
-
-	return 0;
-
 }
-__initcall(slab_debugfs_init);
 #endif
 /*
  * The /proc/slabinfo ABI