diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index e2e98af703ea9..97e5f5eeca126 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static int kmem_cache_sanity_check(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, const char *name,
 			continue;
 		}
 
-#if !defined(CONFIG_SLUB) || !defined(CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON)
+#if !defined(CONFIG_SLUB)
 		/*
 		 * For simplicity, we won't check this in the list of memcg
 		 * caches. We have control over memcg naming, and if there