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);
 
diff --git a/mm/slob.c b/mm/slob.c
index 0000358..a2d4ab3 100644
--- a/mm/slob.c
+++ b/mm/slob.c
@@ -514,6 +514,8 @@
 {
 	struct slob_page *sp;
 
+	trace_kfree(_RET_IP_, block);
+
 	if (unlikely(ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(block)))
 		return;
 
@@ -524,8 +526,6 @@
 		slob_free(m, *m + align);
 	} else
 		put_page(&sp->page);
-
-	trace_kfree(_RET_IP_, block);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree);
 
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index a98078b..7ab54ec 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2792,6 +2792,8 @@
 	struct page *page;
 	void *object = (void *)x;
 
+	trace_kfree(_RET_IP_, x);
+
 	if (unlikely(ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(x)))
 		return;
 
@@ -2802,8 +2804,6 @@
 		return;
 	}
 	slab_free(page->slab, page, object, _RET_IP_);
-
-	trace_kfree(_RET_IP_, x);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree);