diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 7cb4bf9ae32002494e519130a71af0532de4af87..2a952751bb50665739762ff181ced7a606c9f3d8 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2295,23 +2295,15 @@ static inline void *get_freelist(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page)
  * And if we were unable to get a new slab from the partial slab lists then
  * we need to allocate a new slab. This is the slowest path since it involves
  * a call to the page allocator and the setup of a new slab.
+ *
+ * Version of __slab_alloc to use when we know that interrupts are
+ * already disabled (which is the case for bulk allocation).
  */
-static void *__slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, int node,
+static void *___slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, int node,
 			  unsigned long addr, struct kmem_cache_cpu *c)
 {
 	void *freelist;
 	struct page *page;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	local_irq_save(flags);
-#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
-	/*
-	 * We may have been preempted and rescheduled on a different
-	 * cpu before disabling interrupts. Need to reload cpu area
-	 * pointer.
-	 */
-	c = this_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_slab);
-#endif
 
 	page = c->page;
 	if (!page)
@@ -2369,7 +2361,6 @@ load_freelist:
 	VM_BUG_ON(!c->page->frozen);
 	c->freelist = get_freepointer(s, freelist);
 	c->tid = next_tid(c->tid);
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
 	return freelist;
 
 new_slab:
@@ -2386,7 +2377,6 @@ new_slab:
 
 	if (unlikely(!freelist)) {
 		slab_out_of_memory(s, gfpflags, node);
-		local_irq_restore(flags);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -2402,10 +2392,34 @@ new_slab:
 	deactivate_slab(s, page, get_freepointer(s, freelist));
 	c->page = NULL;
 	c->freelist = NULL;
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
 	return freelist;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Another one that disabled interrupt and compensates for possible
+ * cpu changes by refetching the per cpu area pointer.
+ */
+static void *__slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, int node,
+			  unsigned long addr, struct kmem_cache_cpu *c)
+{
+	void *p;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
+	/*
+	 * We may have been preempted and rescheduled on a different
+	 * cpu before disabling interrupts. Need to reload cpu area
+	 * pointer.
+	 */
+	c = this_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_slab);
+#endif
+
+	p = ___slab_alloc(s, gfpflags, node, addr, c);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
+	return p;
+}
+
 /*
  * Inlined fastpath so that allocation functions (kmalloc, kmem_cache_alloc)
  * have the fastpath folded into their functions. So no function call