diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 2c1190351726..8655be5b7404 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3118,9 +3118,12 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void)
 	slab_state = UP;
 
 	/* Provide the correct kmalloc names now that the caches are up */
-	for (i = KMALLOC_SHIFT_LOW; i < SLUB_PAGE_SHIFT; i++)
-		kmalloc_caches[i]. name =
-			kasprintf(GFP_NOWAIT, "kmalloc-%d", 1 << i);
+	for (i = KMALLOC_SHIFT_LOW; i < SLUB_PAGE_SHIFT; i++) {
+		char *s = kasprintf(GFP_NOWAIT, "kmalloc-%d", 1 << i);
+
+		BUG_ON(!s);
+		kmalloc_caches[i].name = s;
+	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	register_cpu_notifier(&slab_notifier);