diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index da132a9ae6f8..ca4822f6b2b6 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -3733,14 +3733,13 @@ void kmem_cache_free(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void *objp)
 	if (!cachep)
 		return;
 
+	trace_kmem_cache_free(_RET_IP_, objp, cachep->name);
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	debug_check_no_locks_freed(objp, cachep->object_size);
 	if (!(cachep->flags & SLAB_DEBUG_OBJECTS))
 		debug_check_no_obj_freed(objp, cachep->object_size);
 	__cache_free(cachep, objp, _RET_IP_);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
-
-	trace_kmem_cache_free(_RET_IP_, objp, cachep->name);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_free);
 
diff --git a/mm/slob.c b/mm/slob.c
index 74d3f6e60666..03deee1e6a94 100644
--- a/mm/slob.c
+++ b/mm/slob.c
@@ -666,6 +666,7 @@ static void kmem_rcu_free(struct rcu_head *head)
 void kmem_cache_free(struct kmem_cache *c, void *b)
 {
 	kmemleak_free_recursive(b, c->flags);
+	trace_kmem_cache_free(_RET_IP_, b, c->name);
 	if (unlikely(c->flags & SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU)) {
 		struct slob_rcu *slob_rcu;
 		slob_rcu = b + (c->size - sizeof(struct slob_rcu));
@@ -674,8 +675,6 @@ void kmem_cache_free(struct kmem_cache *c, void *b)
 	} else {
 		__kmem_cache_free(b, c->size);
 	}
-
-	trace_kmem_cache_free(_RET_IP_, b, c->name);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_free);
 
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index f7368bfffb7a..a8626825a829 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3526,8 +3526,8 @@ void kmem_cache_free(struct kmem_cache *s, void *x)
 	s = cache_from_obj(s, x);
 	if (!s)
 		return;
-	slab_free(s, virt_to_head_page(x), x, NULL, 1, _RET_IP_);
 	trace_kmem_cache_free(_RET_IP_, x, s->name);
+	slab_free(s, virt_to_head_page(x), x, NULL, 1, _RET_IP_);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_free);