diff --git a/Documentation/vm/slabinfo.c b/Documentation/vm/slabinfo.c
index 7123fee708ca..22d7e3e4d60c 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/slabinfo.c
+++ b/Documentation/vm/slabinfo.c
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ void read_slab_dir(void)
 	char *t;
 	int count;
 
-	if (chdir("/sys/kernel/slab"))
+	if (chdir("/sys/kernel/slab") && chdir("/sys/slab"))
 		fatal("SYSFS support for SLUB not active\n");
 
 	dir = opendir(".");