diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index e4ce73c32a7a..e4dc0896b891 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -1050,10 +1050,10 @@ static void free_alien_cache(struct alien_cache **alc_ptr)
 }
 
 static void __drain_alien_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep,
-				struct array_cache *ac, int node)
+				struct array_cache *ac, int node,
+				struct list_head *list)
 {
 	struct kmem_cache_node *n = get_node(cachep, node);
-	LIST_HEAD(list);
 
 	if (ac->avail) {
 		spin_lock(&n->list_lock);
@@ -1065,10 +1065,9 @@ static void __drain_alien_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep,
 		if (n->shared)
 			transfer_objects(n->shared, ac, ac->limit);
 
-		free_block(cachep, ac->entry, ac->avail, node, &list);
+		free_block(cachep, ac->entry, ac->avail, node, list);
 		ac->avail = 0;
 		spin_unlock(&n->list_lock);
-		slabs_destroy(cachep, &list);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1086,8 +1085,11 @@ static void reap_alien(struct kmem_cache *cachep, struct kmem_cache_node *n)
 		if (alc) {
 			ac = &alc->ac;
 			if (ac->avail && spin_trylock_irq(&alc->lock)) {
-				__drain_alien_cache(cachep, ac, node);
+				LIST_HEAD(list);
+
+				__drain_alien_cache(cachep, ac, node, &list);
 				spin_unlock_irq(&alc->lock);
+				slabs_destroy(cachep, &list);
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -1104,10 +1106,13 @@ static void drain_alien_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep,
 	for_each_online_node(i) {
 		alc = alien[i];
 		if (alc) {
+			LIST_HEAD(list);
+
 			ac = &alc->ac;
 			spin_lock_irqsave(&alc->lock, flags);
-			__drain_alien_cache(cachep, ac, i);
+			__drain_alien_cache(cachep, ac, i, &list);
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&alc->lock, flags);
+			slabs_destroy(cachep, &list);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -1138,10 +1143,11 @@ static inline int cache_free_alien(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void *objp)
 		spin_lock(&alien->lock);
 		if (unlikely(ac->avail == ac->limit)) {
 			STATS_INC_ACOVERFLOW(cachep);
-			__drain_alien_cache(cachep, ac, nodeid);
+			__drain_alien_cache(cachep, ac, nodeid, &list);
 		}
 		ac_put_obj(cachep, ac, objp);
 		spin_unlock(&alien->lock);
+		slabs_destroy(cachep, &list);
 	} else {
 		n = get_node(cachep, nodeid);
 		spin_lock(&n->list_lock);