diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index 06aeaf091f21..2a3f5ff410cf 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ struct kmem_cache *find_mergeable(size_t size, size_t align,
 	size = ALIGN(size, align);
 	flags = kmem_cache_flags(size, flags, name, NULL);
 
-	list_for_each_entry(s, &slab_caches, list) {
+	list_for_each_entry_reverse(s, &slab_caches, list) {
 		if (slab_unmergeable(s))
 			continue;