diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index a3443278ce3a..e2e98af703ea 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ static int kmem_cache_sanity_check(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, const char *name,
 			continue;
 		}
 
+#if !defined(CONFIG_SLUB) || !defined(CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON)
 		/*
 		 * For simplicity, we won't check this in the list of memcg
 		 * caches. We have control over memcg naming, and if there
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ static int kmem_cache_sanity_check(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, const char *name,
 			s = NULL;
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
+#endif
 	}
 
 	WARN_ON(strchr(name, ' '));	/* It confuses parsers */