diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5f3518652fe2..6bca743eea1d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5f79020cb9fea59a5d4d1712bcd320523b129b35
+refs/heads/master: b66930052abf2e41b8a978ae265303917cbe6fa0
diff --git a/trunk/mm/kmemleak.c b/trunk/mm/kmemleak.c
index 8b528e3f8413..e8c905b70aa8 100644
--- a/trunk/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/trunk/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -797,9 +797,13 @@ static void __init log_early(int op_type, const void *ptr, size_t size,
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct early_log *log;
 
+	if (atomic_read(&kmemleak_error)) {
+		/* kmemleak stopped recording, just count the requests */
+		crt_early_log++;
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (crt_early_log >= ARRAY_SIZE(early_log)) {
-		pr_warning("Early log buffer exceeded, "
-			   "please increase DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_EARLY_LOG_SIZE\n");
 		kmemleak_disable();
 		return;
 	}
@@ -1634,7 +1638,6 @@ static void kmemleak_disable(void)
 		return;
 
 	/* stop any memory operation tracing */
-	atomic_set(&kmemleak_early_log, 0);
 	atomic_set(&kmemleak_enabled, 0);
 
 	/* check whether it is too early for a kernel thread */
@@ -1694,12 +1697,18 @@ void __init kmemleak_init(void)
 	scan_area_cache = KMEM_CACHE(kmemleak_scan_area, SLAB_NOLEAKTRACE);
 	INIT_PRIO_TREE_ROOT(&object_tree_root);
 
+	if (crt_early_log >= ARRAY_SIZE(early_log))
+		pr_warning("Early log buffer exceeded (%d), please increase "
+			   "DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_EARLY_LOG_SIZE\n", crt_early_log);
+
 	/* the kernel is still in UP mode, so disabling the IRQs is enough */
 	local_irq_save(flags);
-	if (!atomic_read(&kmemleak_error)) {
+	atomic_set(&kmemleak_early_log, 0);
+	if (atomic_read(&kmemleak_error)) {
+		local_irq_restore(flags);
+		return;
+	} else
 		atomic_set(&kmemleak_enabled, 1);
-		atomic_set(&kmemleak_early_log, 0);
-	}
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 
 	/*