diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 453efcb..18e3164 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -759,6 +759,7 @@
 	NONE,
 	PARTIAL_AC,
 	PARTIAL_L3,
+	EARLY,
 	FULL
 } g_cpucache_up;
 
@@ -767,7 +768,7 @@
  */
 int slab_is_available(void)
 {
-	return g_cpucache_up == FULL;
+	return g_cpucache_up >= EARLY;
 }
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct delayed_work, reap_work);
@@ -1631,19 +1632,27 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* 6) resize the head arrays to their final sizes */
-	{
-		struct kmem_cache *cachep;
-		mutex_lock(&cache_chain_mutex);
-		list_for_each_entry(cachep, &cache_chain, next)
-			if (enable_cpucache(cachep, GFP_NOWAIT))
-				BUG();
-		mutex_unlock(&cache_chain_mutex);
-	}
+	g_cpucache_up = EARLY;
 
 	/* Annotate slab for lockdep -- annotate the malloc caches */
 	init_lock_keys();
+}
 
+void __init kmem_cache_init_late(void)
+{
+	struct kmem_cache *cachep;
+
+	/*
+	 * Interrupts are enabled now so all GFP allocations are safe.
+	 */
+	slab_gfp_mask = __GFP_BITS_MASK;
+
+	/* 6) resize the head arrays to their final sizes */
+	mutex_lock(&cache_chain_mutex);
+	list_for_each_entry(cachep, &cache_chain, next)
+		if (enable_cpucache(cachep, GFP_NOWAIT))
+			BUG();
+	mutex_unlock(&cache_chain_mutex);
 
 	/* Done! */
 	g_cpucache_up = FULL;
@@ -1660,14 +1669,6 @@
 	 */
 }
 
-void __init kmem_cache_init_late(void)
-{
-	/*
-	 * Interrupts are enabled now so all GFP allocations are safe.
-	 */
-	slab_gfp_mask = __GFP_BITS_MASK;
-}
-
 static int __init cpucache_init(void)
 {
 	int cpu;