diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index fa00fd6..b584002 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -3773,6 +3773,8 @@
 	struct kmem_cache *c;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	trace_kfree(_RET_IP_, objp);
+
 	if (unlikely(ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(objp)))
 		return;
 	local_irq_save(flags);
@@ -3782,8 +3784,6 @@
 	debug_check_no_obj_freed(objp, obj_size(c));
 	__cache_free(c, (void *)objp);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
-
-	trace_kfree(_RET_IP_, objp);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree);