diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 7eb38dd1cefa..200e22412a16 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -1454,6 +1454,7 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void)
 	kmalloc_caches[INDEX_NODE] = create_kmalloc_cache("kmalloc-node",
 				kmalloc_size(INDEX_NODE), ARCH_KMALLOC_FLAGS);
 	slab_state = PARTIAL_NODE;
+	setup_kmalloc_cache_index_table();
 
 	slab_early_init = 0;
 
diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
index 4c3ac12dd644..8da63e4e470f 100644
--- a/mm/slab.h
+++ b/mm/slab.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ unsigned long calculate_alignment(unsigned long flags,
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_SLOB
 /* Kmalloc array related functions */
+void setup_kmalloc_cache_index_table(void);
 void create_kmalloc_caches(unsigned long);
 
 /* Find the kmalloc slab corresponding for a certain size */
diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index 84e14582a14c..9f8d71f78404 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -809,25 +809,20 @@ static struct {
 };
 
 /*
- * Create the kmalloc array. Some of the regular kmalloc arrays
- * may already have been created because they were needed to
- * enable allocations for slab creation.
+ * Patch up the size_index table if we have strange large alignment
+ * requirements for the kmalloc array. This is only the case for
+ * MIPS it seems. The standard arches will not generate any code here.
+ *
+ * Largest permitted alignment is 256 bytes due to the way we
+ * handle the index determination for the smaller caches.
+ *
+ * Make sure that nothing crazy happens if someone starts tinkering
+ * around with ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN
  */
-void __init create_kmalloc_caches(unsigned long flags)
+void __init setup_kmalloc_cache_index_table(void)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	/*
-	 * Patch up the size_index table if we have strange large alignment
-	 * requirements for the kmalloc array. This is only the case for
-	 * MIPS it seems. The standard arches will not generate any code here.
-	 *
-	 * Largest permitted alignment is 256 bytes due to the way we
-	 * handle the index determination for the smaller caches.
-	 *
-	 * Make sure that nothing crazy happens if someone starts tinkering
-	 * around with ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN
-	 */
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(KMALLOC_MIN_SIZE > 256 ||
 		(KMALLOC_MIN_SIZE & (KMALLOC_MIN_SIZE - 1)));
 
@@ -858,6 +853,17 @@ void __init create_kmalloc_caches(unsigned long flags)
 		for (i = 128 + 8; i <= 192; i += 8)
 			size_index[size_index_elem(i)] = 8;
 	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Create the kmalloc array. Some of the regular kmalloc arrays
+ * may already have been created because they were needed to
+ * enable allocations for slab creation.
+ */
+void __init create_kmalloc_caches(unsigned long flags)
+{
+	int i;
+
 	for (i = KMALLOC_LOOP_LOW; i <= KMALLOC_SHIFT_HIGH; i++) {
 		if (!kmalloc_caches[i]) {
 			kmalloc_caches[i] = create_kmalloc_cache(
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 54c0876b43d5..816df0016555 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3700,6 +3700,7 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void)
 	kmem_cache_node = bootstrap(&boot_kmem_cache_node);
 
 	/* Now we can use the kmem_cache to allocate kmalloc slabs */
+	setup_kmalloc_cache_index_table();
 	create_kmalloc_caches(0);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP