diff --git a/include/linux/slub_def.h b/include/linux/slub_def.h
index b00c1c73eb0a7a3108f2fcc76d4c6fd4ee54fbb8..79d59c937fac4ca62d0ca98c0b3249d1842d78c1 100644
--- a/include/linux/slub_def.h
+++ b/include/linux/slub_def.h
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ struct kmem_cache_cpu {
 struct kmem_cache_node {
 	spinlock_t list_lock;	/* Protect partial list and nr_partial */
 	unsigned long nr_partial;
-	atomic_long_t nr_slabs;
 	struct list_head partial;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG
+	atomic_long_t nr_slabs;
 	struct list_head full;
 #endif
 };
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index a97924bc5b8dcfa87079ee2f9f70ce9988d4bf40..7fccf09bb95ad8adeb929829dc1bb624c84ffc82 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ endmenu		# General setup
 config SLABINFO
 	bool
 	depends on PROC_FS
-	depends on SLAB || SLUB
+	depends on SLAB || SLUB_DEBUG
 	default y
 
 config RT_MUTEXES
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index f924cffb29e793e8f8713d2071d473df1658cb01..7f8aaa291a4e2b15083a0b5ad8e9beb6978a4346 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -837,6 +837,35 @@ static void remove_full(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page)
 	spin_unlock(&n->list_lock);
 }
 
+/* Tracking of the number of slabs for debugging purposes */
+static inline unsigned long slabs_node(struct kmem_cache *s, int node)
+{
+	struct kmem_cache_node *n = get_node(s, node);
+
+	return atomic_long_read(&n->nr_slabs);
+}
+
+static inline void inc_slabs_node(struct kmem_cache *s, int node)
+{
+	struct kmem_cache_node *n = get_node(s, node);
+
+	/*
+	 * May be called early in order to allocate a slab for the
+	 * kmem_cache_node structure. Solve the chicken-egg
+	 * dilemma by deferring the increment of the count during
+	 * bootstrap (see early_kmem_cache_node_alloc).
+	 */
+	if (!NUMA_BUILD || n)
+		atomic_long_inc(&n->nr_slabs);
+}
+static inline void dec_slabs_node(struct kmem_cache *s, int node)
+{
+	struct kmem_cache_node *n = get_node(s, node);
+
+	atomic_long_dec(&n->nr_slabs);
+}
+
+/* Object debug checks for alloc/free paths */
 static void setup_object_debug(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
 								void *object)
 {
@@ -1028,6 +1057,11 @@ static inline unsigned long kmem_cache_flags(unsigned long objsize,
 	return flags;
 }
 #define slub_debug 0
+
+static inline unsigned long slabs_node(struct kmem_cache *s, int node)
+							{ return 0; }
+static inline void inc_slabs_node(struct kmem_cache *s, int node) {}
+static inline void dec_slabs_node(struct kmem_cache *s, int node) {}
 #endif
 /*
  * Slab allocation and freeing
@@ -1066,7 +1100,6 @@ static void setup_object(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
 static struct page *new_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, int node)
 {
 	struct page *page;
-	struct kmem_cache_node *n;
 	void *start;
 	void *last;
 	void *p;
@@ -1078,9 +1111,7 @@ static struct page *new_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, int node)
 	if (!page)
 		goto out;
 
-	n = get_node(s, page_to_nid(page));
-	if (n)
-		atomic_long_inc(&n->nr_slabs);
+	inc_slabs_node(s, page_to_nid(page));
 	page->slab = s;
 	page->flags |= 1 << PG_slab;
 	if (s->flags & (SLAB_DEBUG_FREE | SLAB_RED_ZONE | SLAB_POISON |
@@ -1153,9 +1184,7 @@ static void free_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page)
 
 static void discard_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page)
 {
-	struct kmem_cache_node *n = get_node(s, page_to_nid(page));
-
-	atomic_long_dec(&n->nr_slabs);
+	dec_slabs_node(s, page_to_nid(page));
 	free_slab(s, page);
 }
 
@@ -1894,10 +1923,10 @@ static void init_kmem_cache_cpu(struct kmem_cache *s,
 static void init_kmem_cache_node(struct kmem_cache_node *n)
 {
 	n->nr_partial = 0;
-	atomic_long_set(&n->nr_slabs, 0);
 	spin_lock_init(&n->list_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&n->partial);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG
+	atomic_long_set(&n->nr_slabs, 0);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&n->full);
 #endif
 }
@@ -2066,7 +2095,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache_node *early_kmem_cache_node_alloc(gfp_t gfpflags,
 	init_tracking(kmalloc_caches, n);
 #endif
 	init_kmem_cache_node(n);
-	atomic_long_inc(&n->nr_slabs);
+	inc_slabs_node(kmalloc_caches, node);
 
 	/*
 	 * lockdep requires consistent irq usage for each lock
@@ -2379,7 +2408,7 @@ static inline int kmem_cache_close(struct kmem_cache *s)
 		struct kmem_cache_node *n = get_node(s, node);
 
 		n->nr_partial -= free_list(s, n, &n->partial);
-		if (atomic_long_read(&n->nr_slabs))
+		if (slabs_node(s, node))
 			return 1;
 	}
 	free_kmem_cache_nodes(s);
@@ -2801,7 +2830,7 @@ static void slab_mem_offline_callback(void *arg)
 			 * and offline_pages() function shoudn't call this
 			 * callback. So, we must fail.
 			 */
-			BUG_ON(atomic_long_read(&n->nr_slabs));
+			BUG_ON(slabs_node(s, offline_node));
 
 			s->node[offline_node] = NULL;
 			kmem_cache_free(kmalloc_caches, n);