diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index d5120451c36a3..df45f4b996aca 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ static struct bio_slab *create_bio_slab(unsigned int size)
 
 	snprintf(bslab->name, sizeof(bslab->name), "bio-%d", size);
 	bslab->slab = kmem_cache_create(bslab->name, size,
-			ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL);
+			ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN,
+			SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN | SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU, NULL);
 	if (!bslab->slab)
 		goto fail_alloc_slab;