diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index a3782a4203e7..f8c510982515 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -1087,6 +1087,16 @@ static void setup_object_debug(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
 	init_tracking(s, object);
 }
 
+static void setup_page_debug(struct kmem_cache *s, void *addr, int order)
+{
+	if (!(s->flags & SLAB_POISON))
+		return;
+
+	metadata_access_enable();
+	memset(addr, POISON_INUSE, PAGE_SIZE << order);
+	metadata_access_disable();
+}
+
 static inline int alloc_consistency_checks(struct kmem_cache *s,
 					struct page *page,
 					void *object, unsigned long addr)
@@ -1304,6 +1314,8 @@ unsigned long kmem_cache_flags(unsigned long object_size,
 #else /* !CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG */
 static inline void setup_object_debug(struct kmem_cache *s,
 			struct page *page, void *object) {}
+static inline void setup_page_debug(struct kmem_cache *s,
+			void *addr, int order) {}
 
 static inline int alloc_debug_processing(struct kmem_cache *s,
 	struct page *page, void *object, unsigned long addr) { return 0; }
@@ -1614,12 +1626,11 @@ static struct page *allocate_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, int node)
 	if (page_is_pfmemalloc(page))
 		SetPageSlabPfmemalloc(page);
 
-	start = page_address(page);
+	kasan_poison_slab(page);
 
-	if (unlikely(s->flags & SLAB_POISON))
-		memset(start, POISON_INUSE, PAGE_SIZE << order);
+	start = page_address(page);
 
-	kasan_poison_slab(page);
+	setup_page_debug(s, start, order);
 
 	shuffle = shuffle_freelist(s, page);