diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index e8b4e31162ca..3e90d791dd41 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3358,8 +3358,8 @@ static void free_kmem_cache_nodes(struct kmem_cache *s)
 	struct kmem_cache_node *n;
 
 	for_each_kmem_cache_node(s, node, n) {
-		kmem_cache_free(kmem_cache_node, n);
 		s->node[node] = NULL;
+		kmem_cache_free(kmem_cache_node, n);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3389,8 +3389,8 @@ static int init_kmem_cache_nodes(struct kmem_cache *s)
 			return 0;
 		}
 
-		s->node[node] = n;
 		init_kmem_cache_node(n);
+		s->node[node] = n;
 	}
 	return 1;
 }