diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 9607ce37e661..c0dc5968223c 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2882,15 +2882,14 @@ redo:
 	 * reading from one cpu area. That does not matter as long
 	 * as we end up on the original cpu again when doing the cmpxchg.
 	 *
-	 * We should guarantee that tid and kmem_cache are retrieved on
-	 * the same cpu. It could be different if CONFIG_PREEMPTION so we need
-	 * to check if it is matched or not.
+	 * We must guarantee that tid and kmem_cache_cpu are retrieved on the
+	 * same cpu. We read first the kmem_cache_cpu pointer and use it to read
+	 * the tid. If we are preempted and switched to another cpu between the
+	 * two reads, it's OK as the two are still associated with the same cpu
+	 * and cmpxchg later will validate the cpu.
 	 */
-	do {
-		tid = this_cpu_read(s->cpu_slab->tid);
-		c = raw_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_slab);
-	} while (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPTION) &&
-		 unlikely(tid != READ_ONCE(c->tid)));
+	c = raw_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_slab);
+	tid = READ_ONCE(c->tid);
 
 	/*
 	 * Irqless object alloc/free algorithm used here depends on sequence
@@ -3164,11 +3163,8 @@ redo:
 	 * data is retrieved via this pointer. If we are on the same cpu
 	 * during the cmpxchg then the free will succeed.
 	 */
-	do {
-		tid = this_cpu_read(s->cpu_slab->tid);
-		c = raw_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_slab);
-	} while (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPTION) &&
-		 unlikely(tid != READ_ONCE(c->tid)));
+	c = raw_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_slab);
+	tid = READ_ONCE(c->tid);
 
 	/* Same with comment on barrier() in slab_alloc_node() */
 	barrier();