diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index b1d643b5238de2f74ab3911d2bab4479c8745385..d31a06bfbea5c78998e3c68a5a484b98b3e4579f 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -2200,11 +2200,14 @@ static void drain_cpu_caches(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
 	check_irq_on();
 	for_each_online_node(node) {
 		l3 = cachep->nodelists[node];
-		if (l3) {
+		if (l3 && l3->alien)
+			drain_alien_cache(cachep, l3->alien);
+	}
+
+	for_each_online_node(node) {
+		l3 = cachep->nodelists[node];
+		if (l3)
 			drain_array(cachep, l3, l3->shared, 1, node);
-			if (l3->alien)
-				drain_alien_cache(cachep, l3->alien);
-		}
 	}
 }