diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index f1db679c2b5d..3f16475b7189 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -3296,6 +3296,9 @@ static void free_block(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void **objpp,
 {
 	int i;
 	struct kmem_cache_node *n = get_node(cachep, node);
+	struct page *page;
+
+	n->free_objects += nr_objects;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_objects; i++) {
 		void *objp;
@@ -3308,17 +3311,11 @@ static void free_block(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void **objpp,
 		check_spinlock_acquired_node(cachep, node);
 		slab_put_obj(cachep, page, objp);
 		STATS_DEC_ACTIVE(cachep);
-		n->free_objects++;
 
 		/* fixup slab chains */
-		if (page->active == 0) {
-			if (n->free_objects > n->free_limit) {
-				n->free_objects -= cachep->num;
-				list_add_tail(&page->lru, list);
-			} else {
-				list_add(&page->lru, &n->slabs_free);
-			}
-		} else {
+		if (page->active == 0)
+			list_add(&page->lru, &n->slabs_free);
+		else {
 			/* Unconditionally move a slab to the end of the
 			 * partial list on free - maximum time for the
 			 * other objects to be freed, too.
@@ -3326,6 +3323,14 @@ static void free_block(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void **objpp,
 			list_add_tail(&page->lru, &n->slabs_partial);
 		}
 	}
+
+	while (n->free_objects > n->free_limit && !list_empty(&n->slabs_free)) {
+		n->free_objects -= cachep->num;
+
+		page = list_last_entry(&n->slabs_free, struct page, lru);
+		list_del(&page->lru);
+		list_add(&page->lru, list);
+	}
 }
 
 static void cache_flusharray(struct kmem_cache *cachep, struct array_cache *ac)