diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 504c50848ec4..65649ac6240b 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3354,16 +3354,16 @@ static void early_kmem_cache_node_alloc(int node)
 
 	n = page->freelist;
 	BUG_ON(!n);
-	page->freelist = get_freepointer(kmem_cache_node, n);
-	page->inuse = 1;
-	page->frozen = 0;
-	kmem_cache_node->node[node] = n;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG
 	init_object(kmem_cache_node, n, SLUB_RED_ACTIVE);
 	init_tracking(kmem_cache_node, n);
 #endif
-	kasan_kmalloc(kmem_cache_node, n, sizeof(struct kmem_cache_node),
+	n = kasan_kmalloc(kmem_cache_node, n, sizeof(struct kmem_cache_node),
 		      GFP_KERNEL);
+	page->freelist = get_freepointer(kmem_cache_node, n);
+	page->inuse = 1;
+	page->frozen = 0;
+	kmem_cache_node->node[node] = n;
 	init_kmem_cache_node(n);
 	inc_slabs_node(kmem_cache_node, node, page->objects);