diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 9350062ffc1ad0f020a7e38d8b705e715e413414..77e90f9de9c0c4fc1b18b29cd01df607b669da0b 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -588,6 +588,16 @@ static int transfer_objects(struct array_cache *to,
 	return nr;
 }
 
+/* &alien->lock must be held by alien callers. */
+static __always_inline void __free_one(struct array_cache *ac, void *objp)
+{
+	/* Avoid trivial double-free. */
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED) &&
+	    WARN_ON_ONCE(ac->avail > 0 && ac->entry[ac->avail - 1] == objp))
+		return;
+	ac->entry[ac->avail++] = objp;
+}
+
 #ifndef CONFIG_NUMA
 
 #define drain_alien_cache(cachep, alien) do { } while (0)
@@ -767,7 +777,7 @@ static int __cache_free_alien(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void *objp,
 			STATS_INC_ACOVERFLOW(cachep);
 			__drain_alien_cache(cachep, ac, page_node, &list);
 		}
-		ac->entry[ac->avail++] = objp;
+		__free_one(ac, objp);
 		spin_unlock(&alien->lock);
 		slabs_destroy(cachep, &list);
 	} else {
@@ -3466,7 +3476,7 @@ void ___cache_free(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void *objp,
 		}
 	}
 
-	ac->entry[ac->avail++] = objp;
+	__free_one(ac, objp);
 }
 
 /**