diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 6ecc697a8bc4..621fbcb35a36 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -2275,7 +2275,7 @@ __kmem_cache_create (struct kmem_cache *cachep, unsigned long flags)
 
 	err = setup_cpu_cache(cachep, gfp);
 	if (err) {
-		__kmem_cache_shutdown(cachep);
+		__kmem_cache_release(cachep);
 		return err;
 	}
 
@@ -2413,13 +2413,14 @@ int __kmem_cache_shrink(struct kmem_cache *cachep, bool deactivate)
 }
 
 int __kmem_cache_shutdown(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
+{
+	return __kmem_cache_shrink(cachep, false);
+}
+
+void __kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
 {
 	int i;
 	struct kmem_cache_node *n;
-	int rc = __kmem_cache_shrink(cachep, false);
-
-	if (rc)
-		return rc;
 
 	free_percpu(cachep->cpu_cache);
 
@@ -2430,7 +2431,6 @@ int __kmem_cache_shutdown(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
 		kfree(n);
 		cachep->node[i] = NULL;
 	}
-	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
index 834ad240c0bb..2eedacea439d 100644
--- a/mm/slab.h
+++ b/mm/slab.h
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ static inline unsigned long kmem_cache_flags(unsigned long object_size,
 #define CACHE_CREATE_MASK (SLAB_CORE_FLAGS | SLAB_DEBUG_FLAGS | SLAB_CACHE_FLAGS)
 
 int __kmem_cache_shutdown(struct kmem_cache *);
+void __kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *);
 int __kmem_cache_shrink(struct kmem_cache *, bool);
 void slab_kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *);
 
diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index b50aef01ccf7..065b7bdabdc3 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -693,6 +693,7 @@ static inline int shutdown_memcg_caches(struct kmem_cache *s,
 
 void slab_kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
+	__kmem_cache_release(s);
 	destroy_memcg_params(s);
 	kfree_const(s->name);
 	kmem_cache_free(kmem_cache, s);
diff --git a/mm/slob.c b/mm/slob.c
index 17e8f8cc7c53..5ec158054ffe 100644
--- a/mm/slob.c
+++ b/mm/slob.c
@@ -630,6 +630,10 @@ int __kmem_cache_shutdown(struct kmem_cache *c)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void __kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *c)
+{
+}
+
 int __kmem_cache_shrink(struct kmem_cache *d, bool deactivate)
 {
 	return 0;
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 2e1355ac056b..d8fbd4a6ed59 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -1592,18 +1592,12 @@ static inline void add_partial(struct kmem_cache_node *n,
 	__add_partial(n, page, tail);
 }
 
-static inline void
-__remove_partial(struct kmem_cache_node *n, struct page *page)
-{
-	list_del(&page->lru);
-	n->nr_partial--;
-}
-
 static inline void remove_partial(struct kmem_cache_node *n,
 					struct page *page)
 {
 	lockdep_assert_held(&n->list_lock);
-	__remove_partial(n, page);
+	list_del(&page->lru);
+	n->nr_partial--;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -3184,6 +3178,12 @@ static void free_kmem_cache_nodes(struct kmem_cache *s)
 	}
 }
 
+void __kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *s)
+{
+	free_percpu(s->cpu_slab);
+	free_kmem_cache_nodes(s);
+}
+
 static int init_kmem_cache_nodes(struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
 	int node;
@@ -3443,28 +3443,31 @@ static void list_slab_objects(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
 
 /*
  * Attempt to free all partial slabs on a node.
- * This is called from kmem_cache_close(). We must be the last thread
- * using the cache and therefore we do not need to lock anymore.
+ * This is called from __kmem_cache_shutdown(). We must take list_lock
+ * because sysfs file might still access partial list after the shutdowning.
  */
 static void free_partial(struct kmem_cache *s, struct kmem_cache_node *n)
 {
 	struct page *page, *h;
 
+	BUG_ON(irqs_disabled());
+	spin_lock_irq(&n->list_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(page, h, &n->partial, lru) {
 		if (!page->inuse) {
-			__remove_partial(n, page);
+			remove_partial(n, page);
 			discard_slab(s, page);
 		} else {
 			list_slab_objects(s, page,
-			"Objects remaining in %s on kmem_cache_close()");
+			"Objects remaining in %s on __kmem_cache_shutdown()");
 		}
 	}
+	spin_unlock_irq(&n->list_lock);
 }
 
 /*
  * Release all resources used by a slab cache.
  */
-static inline int kmem_cache_close(struct kmem_cache *s)
+int __kmem_cache_shutdown(struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
 	int node;
 	struct kmem_cache_node *n;
@@ -3476,16 +3479,9 @@ static inline int kmem_cache_close(struct kmem_cache *s)
 		if (n->nr_partial || slabs_node(s, node))
 			return 1;
 	}
-	free_percpu(s->cpu_slab);
-	free_kmem_cache_nodes(s);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int __kmem_cache_shutdown(struct kmem_cache *s)
-{
-	return kmem_cache_close(s);
-}
-
 /********************************************************************
  *		Kmalloc subsystem
  *******************************************************************/
@@ -3980,7 +3976,7 @@ int __kmem_cache_create(struct kmem_cache *s, unsigned long flags)
 	memcg_propagate_slab_attrs(s);
 	err = sysfs_slab_add(s);
 	if (err)
-		kmem_cache_close(s);
+		__kmem_cache_release(s);
 
 	return err;
 }