diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 73fe23e649c9..78eb8c5bf4e4 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -666,8 +666,10 @@ static struct alien_cache *__alloc_alien_cache(int node, int entries,
 	struct alien_cache *alc = NULL;
 
 	alc = kmalloc_node(memsize, gfp, node);
-	init_arraycache(&alc->ac, entries, batch);
-	spin_lock_init(&alc->lock);
+	if (alc) {
+		init_arraycache(&alc->ac, entries, batch);
+		spin_lock_init(&alc->lock);
+	}
 	return alc;
 }