diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 6184b0821f7e49e3b872e30c424b8e51668df120..aa0728daf8bb37c503c6518b7dd1ec414fdaef80 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3552,6 +3552,12 @@ static struct kmem_cache * __init bootstrap(struct kmem_cache *static_cache)
 
 	memcpy(s, static_cache, kmem_cache->object_size);
 
+	/*
+	 * This runs very early, and only the boot processor is supposed to be
+	 * up.  Even if it weren't true, IRQs are not up so we couldn't fire
+	 * IPIs around.
+	 */
+	__flush_cpu_slab(s, smp_processor_id());
 	for_each_node_state(node, N_NORMAL_MEMORY) {
 		struct kmem_cache_node *n = get_node(s, node);
 		struct page *p;