diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
index b0bda93c595d85897c48b702dd7ffaa997ff8f67..aebb6124040069dff1f2f91b83c09c384cf7151a 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
@@ -268,8 +268,8 @@ static int posix_get_hrtimer_res(clockid_t which_clock, struct timespec64 *tp)
 static __init int init_posix_timers(void)
 {
 	posix_timers_cache = kmem_cache_create("posix_timers_cache",
-					sizeof (struct k_itimer), 0, SLAB_PANIC,
-					NULL);
+					sizeof(struct k_itimer), 0,
+					SLAB_PANIC | SLAB_ACCOUNT, NULL);
 	return 0;
 }
 __initcall(init_posix_timers);