diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 2f308253c3d7..c1fe8099b3cd 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -2665,6 +2665,7 @@ static struct page *cache_grow_begin(struct kmem_cache *cachep,
 				invalid_mask, &invalid_mask, flags, &flags);
 		dump_stack();
 	}
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(cachep->ctor && (flags & __GFP_ZERO));
 	local_flags = flags & (GFP_CONSTRAINT_MASK|GFP_RECLAIM_MASK);
 
 	check_irq_off();
@@ -3071,6 +3072,7 @@ static inline void cache_alloc_debugcheck_before(struct kmem_cache *cachep,
 static void *cache_alloc_debugcheck_after(struct kmem_cache *cachep,
 				gfp_t flags, void *objp, unsigned long caller)
 {
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(cachep->ctor && (flags & __GFP_ZERO));
 	if (!objp)
 		return objp;
 	if (cachep->flags & SLAB_POISON) {
diff --git a/mm/slob.c b/mm/slob.c
index 623e8a5c46ce..307c2c9feb44 100644
--- a/mm/slob.c
+++ b/mm/slob.c
@@ -555,8 +555,10 @@ static void *slob_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *c, gfp_t flags, int node)
 					    flags, node);
 	}
 
-	if (b && c->ctor)
+	if (b && c->ctor) {
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(flags & __GFP_ZERO);
 		c->ctor(b);
+	}
 
 	kmemleak_alloc_recursive(b, c->size, 1, c->flags, flags);
 	return b;
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 44aa7847324a..dc960401ce90 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2444,6 +2444,8 @@ static inline void *new_slab_objects(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags,
 	struct kmem_cache_cpu *c = *pc;
 	struct page *page;
 
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(s->ctor && (flags & __GFP_ZERO));
+
 	freelist = get_partial(s, flags, node, c);
 
 	if (freelist)