diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 8c4fd37..0e0504e 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3911,7 +3911,6 @@
 	struct kmem_cache *s;
 	char *n;
 
-	mutex_lock(&slab_mutex);
 	s = find_mergeable(size, align, flags, name, ctor);
 	if (s) {
 		s->refcount++;
@@ -3924,37 +3923,36 @@
 
 		if (sysfs_slab_alias(s, name)) {
 			s->refcount--;
-			goto err;
+			return NULL;
 		}
-		mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
 		return s;
 	}
 
 	n = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!n)
-		goto err;
+		return NULL;
 
 	s = kmalloc(kmem_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (s) {
 		if (kmem_cache_open(s, n,
 				size, align, flags, ctor)) {
+			int r;
+
 			list_add(&s->list, &slab_caches);
 			mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
-			if (sysfs_slab_add(s)) {
-				mutex_lock(&slab_mutex);
-				list_del(&s->list);
-				kfree(n);
-				kfree(s);
-				goto err;
-			}
-			return s;
+			r = sysfs_slab_add(s);
+			mutex_lock(&slab_mutex);
+
+			if (!r)
+				return s;
+
+			list_del(&s->list);
+			kmem_cache_close(s);
 		}
 		kfree(s);
 	}
 	kfree(n);
-err:
-	mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
-	return s;
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP