diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c
index 0677e89f3c6f..3cb340583074 100644
--- a/fs/seq_file.c
+++ b/fs/seq_file.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * initial implementation -- AV, Oct 2001.
  */
 
+#include <linux/cache.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 
+static struct kmem_cache *seq_file_cache __ro_after_init;
+
 static void seq_set_overflow(struct seq_file *m)
 {
 	m->count = m->size;
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ int seq_open(struct file *file, const struct seq_operations *op)
 
 	WARN_ON(file->private_data);
 
-	p = kzalloc(sizeof(*p), GFP_KERNEL);
+	p = kmem_cache_zalloc(seq_file_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!p)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -366,7 +369,7 @@ int seq_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct seq_file *m = file->private_data;
 	kvfree(m->buf);
-	kfree(m);
+	kmem_cache_free(seq_file_cache, m);
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_release);
@@ -1106,3 +1109,8 @@ seq_hlist_next_percpu(void *v, struct hlist_head __percpu *head,
 	return NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_hlist_next_percpu);
+
+void __init seq_file_init(void)
+{
+	seq_file_cache = KMEM_CACHE(seq_file, SLAB_PANIC);
+}
diff --git a/include/linux/seq_file.h b/include/linux/seq_file.h
index 23d6a92cea9f..a121982af0f5 100644
--- a/include/linux/seq_file.h
+++ b/include/linux/seq_file.h
@@ -240,4 +240,5 @@ extern struct hlist_node *seq_hlist_start_percpu(struct hlist_head __percpu *hea
 
 extern struct hlist_node *seq_hlist_next_percpu(void *v, struct hlist_head __percpu *head, int *cpu, loff_t *pos);
 
+void seq_file_init(void);
 #endif
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 50359a3162d0..b795aa341a3a 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -715,6 +715,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void)
 	vfs_caches_init();
 	pagecache_init();
 	signals_init();
+	seq_file_init();
 	proc_root_init();
 	nsfs_init();
 	cpuset_init();