diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b48333321253..3d465b8293d9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: dfcd3610289132a762b7dc0eaf33998262cd9e20
+refs/heads/master: 7b8f3b66d9d7e5f021ae535620b9b52833f4876e
diff --git a/trunk/mm/slub.c b/trunk/mm/slub.c
index 704cfa34f9ab..d057ceb3645f 100644
--- a/trunk/mm/slub.c
+++ b/trunk/mm/slub.c
@@ -3124,8 +3124,12 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size_t size,
 		s->inuse = max_t(int, s->inuse, ALIGN(size, sizeof(void *)));
 		up_write(&slub_lock);
 
-		if (sysfs_slab_alias(s, name))
+		if (sysfs_slab_alias(s, name)) {
+			down_write(&slub_lock);
+			s->refcount--;
+			up_write(&slub_lock);
 			goto err;
+		}
 		return s;
 	}
 
@@ -3135,8 +3139,13 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size_t size,
 				size, align, flags, ctor)) {
 			list_add(&s->list, &slab_caches);
 			up_write(&slub_lock);
-			if (sysfs_slab_add(s))
+			if (sysfs_slab_add(s)) {
+				down_write(&slub_lock);
+				list_del(&s->list);
+				up_write(&slub_lock);
+				kfree(s);
 				goto err;
+			}
 			return s;
 		}
 		kfree(s);