diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index d73bea53f759..9633fa1bbbfd 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -309,8 +309,6 @@ kmem_cache_create_usercopy(const char *name,
 	const char *cache_name;
 	int err;
 
-	get_online_cpus();
-
 	mutex_lock(&slab_mutex);
 
 	err = kmem_cache_sanity_check(name, size);
@@ -359,8 +357,6 @@ kmem_cache_create_usercopy(const char *name,
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
 
-	put_online_cpus();
-
 	if (err) {
 		if (flags & SLAB_PANIC)
 			panic("kmem_cache_create: Failed to create slab '%s'. Error %d\n",
@@ -484,8 +480,6 @@ void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *s)
 	if (unlikely(!s))
 		return;
 
-	get_online_cpus();
-
 	mutex_lock(&slab_mutex);
 
 	s->refcount--;
@@ -500,8 +494,6 @@ void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *s)
 	}
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
-
-	put_online_cpus();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_destroy);
 
@@ -518,12 +510,10 @@ int kmem_cache_shrink(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	get_online_cpus();
 
 	kasan_cache_shrink(cachep);
 	ret = __kmem_cache_shrink(cachep);
 
-	put_online_cpus();
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_shrink);