diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 0703578fb4d7..6d90a091fdca 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -1666,6 +1666,9 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init_late(void)
 {
 	struct kmem_cache *cachep;
 
+	/* Annotate slab for lockdep -- annotate the malloc caches */
+	init_lock_keys();
+
 	/* 6) resize the head arrays to their final sizes */
 	mutex_lock(&cache_chain_mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry(cachep, &cache_chain, next)
@@ -1676,9 +1679,6 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init_late(void)
 	/* Done! */
 	g_cpucache_up = FULL;
 
-	/* Annotate slab for lockdep -- annotate the malloc caches */
-	init_lock_keys();
-
 	/*
 	 * Register a cpu startup notifier callback that initializes
 	 * cpu_cache_get for all new cpus