diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index b705be7..497b45c 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -202,6 +202,42 @@
 	return slab_state >= UP;
 }
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_SLOB
+/* Create a cache during boot when no slab services are available yet */
+void __init create_boot_cache(struct kmem_cache *s, const char *name, size_t size,
+		unsigned long flags)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	s->name = name;
+	s->size = s->object_size = size;
+	s->align = ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN;
+	err = __kmem_cache_create(s, flags);
+
+	if (err)
+		panic("Creation of kmalloc slab %s size=%zd failed. Reason %d\n",
+					name, size, err);
+
+	s->refcount = -1;	/* Exempt from merging for now */
+}
+
+struct kmem_cache *__init create_kmalloc_cache(const char *name, size_t size,
+				unsigned long flags)
+{
+	struct kmem_cache *s = kmem_cache_zalloc(kmem_cache, GFP_NOWAIT);
+
+	if (!s)
+		panic("Out of memory when creating slab %s\n", name);
+
+	create_boot_cache(s, name, size, flags);
+	list_add(&s->list, &slab_caches);
+	s->refcount = 1;
+	return s;
+}
+
+#endif /* !CONFIG_SLOB */
+
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLABINFO
 static void print_slabinfo_header(struct seq_file *m)
 {