diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index e74a16e4ced6..7b5d4deacfcd 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -1544,9 +1544,6 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void)
 	}
 
 	g_cpucache_up = EARLY;
-
-	/* Annotate slab for lockdep -- annotate the malloc caches */
-	init_lock_keys();
 }
 
 void __init kmem_cache_init_late(void)
@@ -1563,6 +1560,9 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init_late(void)
 	/* Done! */
 	g_cpucache_up = FULL;
 
+	/* Annotate slab for lockdep -- annotate the malloc caches */
+	init_lock_keys();
+
 	/*
 	 * Register a cpu startup notifier callback that initializes
 	 * cpu_cache_get for all new cpus
@@ -2547,7 +2547,7 @@ void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(cachep->flags & SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU))
-		synchronize_rcu();
+		rcu_barrier();
 
 	__kmem_cache_destroy(cachep);
 	mutex_unlock(&cache_chain_mutex);
diff --git a/mm/slob.c b/mm/slob.c
index c78742defdc6..9641da3d5e58 100644
--- a/mm/slob.c
+++ b/mm/slob.c
@@ -595,6 +595,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_create);
 void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *c)
 {
 	kmemleak_free(c);
+	if (c->flags & SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU)
+		rcu_barrier();
 	slob_free(c, sizeof(struct kmem_cache));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_destroy);
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 819f056b39c6..a9201d83178b 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2595,6 +2595,8 @@ static inline int kmem_cache_close(struct kmem_cache *s)
  */
 void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
+	if (s->flags & SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU)
+		rcu_barrier();
 	down_write(&slub_lock);
 	s->refcount--;
 	if (!s->refcount) {