diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index f0bd7857ab3bed2adf6649e60dda6ad712ef0b92..806a754fad8efc9bc90c098930c43d54bd11306b 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -3693,13 +3693,12 @@ static inline void __cache_free(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void *objp,
 
 	if (likely(ac->avail < ac->limit)) {
 		STATS_INC_FREEHIT(cachep);
-		ac->entry[ac->avail++] = objp;
-		return;
 	} else {
 		STATS_INC_FREEMISS(cachep);
 		cache_flusharray(cachep, ac);
-		ac->entry[ac->avail++] = objp;
 	}
+
+	ac->entry[ac->avail++] = objp;
 }
 
 /**