diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 59d382fbca1ccf74faafe538b600d92e4ea01dd0..75127a6f1fd9d604cc8c0bc2ddf2db3bac887735 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -2166,7 +2166,9 @@ static inline void *__cache_alloc(kmem_cache_t *cachep, unsigned int __nocast fl
 		objp = cache_alloc_refill(cachep, flags);
 	}
 	local_irq_restore(save_flags);
-	objp = cache_alloc_debugcheck_after(cachep, flags, objp, __builtin_return_address(0));
+	objp = cache_alloc_debugcheck_after(cachep, flags, objp,
+					__builtin_return_address(0));
+	prefetchw(objp);
 	return objp;
 }