diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index 0bbc15f..3760e7c 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@
 			__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_NOFAIL|\
 			__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC)
 
+/* Control slab gfp mask during early boot */
+#define SLAB_GFP_BOOT_MASK __GFP_BITS_MASK & ~(__GFP_WAIT|__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS)
+
 /* Control allocation constraints */
 #define GFP_CONSTRAINT_MASK (__GFP_HARDWALL|__GFP_THISNODE)
 
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 4880306..219b8fb 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -319,4 +319,6 @@
 	return kmalloc_node(size, flags | __GFP_ZERO, node);
 }
 
+void __init kmem_cache_init_late(void);
+
 #endif	/* _LINUX_SLAB_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/slob_def.h b/include/linux/slob_def.h
index 0ec00b3..bb5368d 100644
--- a/include/linux/slob_def.h
+++ b/include/linux/slob_def.h
@@ -34,4 +34,9 @@
 	return kmalloc(size, flags);
 }
 
+static inline void kmem_cache_init_late(void)
+{
+	/* Nothing to do */
+}
+
 #endif /* __LINUX_SLOB_DEF_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/slub_def.h b/include/linux/slub_def.h
index be5d40c..4dcbc2c 100644
--- a/include/linux/slub_def.h
+++ b/include/linux/slub_def.h
@@ -302,4 +302,6 @@
 }
 #endif
 
+void __init kmem_cache_init_late(void);
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_SLUB_DEF_H */
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index b3e8f14..f6204f7 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -640,6 +640,7 @@
 				 "enabled early\n");
 	early_boot_irqs_on();
 	local_irq_enable();
+	kmem_cache_init_late();
 
 	/*
 	 * HACK ALERT! This is early. We're enabling the console before
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index cd76964..453efcb 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -304,6 +304,12 @@
 };
 
 /*
+ * The slab allocator is initialized with interrupts disabled. Therefore, make
+ * sure early boot allocations don't accidentally enable interrupts.
+ */
+static gfp_t slab_gfp_mask __read_mostly = SLAB_GFP_BOOT_MASK;
+
+/*
  * Need this for bootstrapping a per node allocator.
  */
 #define NUM_INIT_LISTS (3 * MAX_NUMNODES)
@@ -1654,6 +1660,14 @@
 	 */
 }
 
+void __init kmem_cache_init_late(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Interrupts are enabled now so all GFP allocations are safe.
+	 */
+	slab_gfp_mask = __GFP_BITS_MASK;
+}
+
 static int __init cpucache_init(void)
 {
 	int cpu;
@@ -3354,6 +3368,8 @@
 	unsigned long save_flags;
 	void *ptr;
 
+	flags &= slab_gfp_mask;
+
 	lockdep_trace_alloc(flags);
 
 	if (slab_should_failslab(cachep, flags))
@@ -3434,6 +3450,8 @@
 	unsigned long save_flags;
 	void *objp;
 
+	flags &= slab_gfp_mask;
+
 	lockdep_trace_alloc(flags);
 
 	if (slab_should_failslab(cachep, flags))
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 3964d3c..30354bf 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -178,6 +178,12 @@
 	SYSFS		/* Sysfs up */
 } slab_state = DOWN;
 
+/*
+ * The slab allocator is initialized with interrupts disabled. Therefore, make
+ * sure early boot allocations don't accidentally enable interrupts.
+ */
+static gfp_t slab_gfp_mask __read_mostly = SLAB_GFP_BOOT_MASK;
+
 /* A list of all slab caches on the system */
 static DECLARE_RWSEM(slub_lock);
 static LIST_HEAD(slab_caches);
@@ -1595,6 +1601,8 @@
 	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned int objsize;
 
+	gfpflags &= slab_gfp_mask;
+
 	lockdep_trace_alloc(gfpflags);
 	might_sleep_if(gfpflags & __GFP_WAIT);
 
@@ -3104,6 +3112,14 @@
 		nr_cpu_ids, nr_node_ids);
 }
 
+void __init kmem_cache_init_late(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Interrupts are enabled now so all GFP allocations are safe.
+	 */
+	slab_gfp_mask = __GFP_BITS_MASK;
+}
+
 /*
  * Find a mergeable slab cache
  */