diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 099c7a85ede0..502845b6728c 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2943,11 +2943,13 @@ redo:
 	barrier();
 
 	if (likely(page == c->page)) {
-		set_freepointer(s, tail_obj, c->freelist);
+		void **freelist = READ_ONCE(c->freelist);
+
+		set_freepointer(s, tail_obj, freelist);
 
 		if (unlikely(!this_cpu_cmpxchg_double(
 				s->cpu_slab->freelist, s->cpu_slab->tid,
-				c->freelist, tid,
+				freelist, tid,
 				head, next_tid(tid)))) {
 
 			note_cmpxchg_failure("slab_free", s, tid);