diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index d4b76bea5dba..83bb81de4468 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@ static struct page *new_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, int node)
 	set_freepointer(s, last, NULL);
 
 	page->freelist = start;
-	page->inuse = 0;
+	page->inuse = page->objects;
 	page->frozen = 1;
 out:
 	return page;
@@ -2139,7 +2139,6 @@ static void *__slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, int node,
 		 */
 		object = page->freelist;
 		page->freelist = NULL;
-		page->inuse = page->objects;
 
 		stat(s, ALLOC_SLAB);
 		c->node = page_to_nid(page);
@@ -2681,7 +2680,7 @@ static void early_kmem_cache_node_alloc(int node)
 	n = page->freelist;
 	BUG_ON(!n);
 	page->freelist = get_freepointer(kmem_cache_node, n);
-	page->inuse++;
+	page->inuse = 1;
 	page->frozen = 0;
 	kmem_cache_node->node[node] = n;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG