diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index a2152a2573dd2..79e15f0a2a6e5 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -2590,7 +2590,10 @@ static int cache_grow(struct kmem_cache *cachep,
 	 * Be lazy and only check for valid flags here,  keeping it out of the
 	 * critical path in kmem_cache_alloc().
 	 */
-	BUG_ON(flags & GFP_SLAB_BUG_MASK);
+	if (unlikely(flags & GFP_SLAB_BUG_MASK)) {
+		pr_emerg("gfp: %u\n", flags & GFP_SLAB_BUG_MASK);
+		BUG();
+	}
 	local_flags = flags & (GFP_CONSTRAINT_MASK|GFP_RECLAIM_MASK);
 
 	/* Take the node list lock to change the colour_next on this node */
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index cf4f3c480b983..386bbed76e945 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -1377,7 +1377,10 @@ static struct page *new_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, int node)
 	int order;
 	int idx;
 
-	BUG_ON(flags & GFP_SLAB_BUG_MASK);
+	if (unlikely(flags & GFP_SLAB_BUG_MASK)) {
+		pr_emerg("gfp: %u\n", flags & GFP_SLAB_BUG_MASK);
+		BUG();
+	}
 
 	page = allocate_slab(s,
 		flags & (GFP_RECLAIM_MASK | GFP_CONSTRAINT_MASK), node);