diff --git a/include/linux/slub_def.h b/include/linux/slub_def.h
index f2f7398..d82abd4 100644
--- a/include/linux/slub_def.h
+++ b/include/linux/slub_def.h
@@ -101,4 +101,13 @@
 	struct kmem_cache_node *node[MAX_NUMNODES];
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
+#define SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS
+void sysfs_slab_remove(struct kmem_cache *);
+#else
+static inline void sysfs_slab_remove(struct kmem_cache *s)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_SLUB_DEF_H */
diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
index 3045316b..6bd4c35 100644
--- a/mm/slab.h
+++ b/mm/slab.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 #define CACHE_CREATE_MASK (SLAB_CORE_FLAGS | SLAB_DEBUG_FLAGS | SLAB_CACHE_FLAGS)
 
 int __kmem_cache_shutdown(struct kmem_cache *);
+void slab_kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *);
 
 struct seq_file;
 struct file;
diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index f3cfccf..102cc6f 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -323,6 +323,12 @@
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM */
 
+void slab_kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *s)
+{
+	kfree(s->name);
+	kmem_cache_free(kmem_cache, s);
+}
+
 void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
 	get_online_cpus();
@@ -352,8 +358,11 @@
 		rcu_barrier();
 
 	memcg_free_cache_params(s);
-	kfree(s->name);
-	kmem_cache_free(kmem_cache, s);
+#ifdef SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS
+	sysfs_slab_remove(s);
+#else
+	slab_kmem_cache_release(s);
+#endif
 	goto out_put_cpus;
 
 out_unlock:
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 042a47b..2b1ce69 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -210,14 +210,11 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
 static int sysfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *);
 static int sysfs_slab_alias(struct kmem_cache *, const char *);
-static void sysfs_slab_remove(struct kmem_cache *);
 static void memcg_propagate_slab_attrs(struct kmem_cache *s);
 #else
 static inline int sysfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *s) { return 0; }
 static inline int sysfs_slab_alias(struct kmem_cache *s, const char *p)
 							{ return 0; }
-static inline void sysfs_slab_remove(struct kmem_cache *s) { }
-
 static inline void memcg_propagate_slab_attrs(struct kmem_cache *s) { }
 #endif
 
@@ -3238,24 +3235,7 @@
 
 int __kmem_cache_shutdown(struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
-	int rc = kmem_cache_close(s);
-
-	if (!rc) {
-		/*
-		 * Since slab_attr_store may take the slab_mutex, we should
-		 * release the lock while removing the sysfs entry in order to
-		 * avoid a deadlock. Because this is pretty much the last
-		 * operation we do and the lock will be released shortly after
-		 * that in slab_common.c, we could just move sysfs_slab_remove
-		 * to a later point in common code. We should do that when we
-		 * have a common sysfs framework for all allocators.
-		 */
-		mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
-		sysfs_slab_remove(s);
-		mutex_lock(&slab_mutex);
-	}
-
-	return rc;
+	return kmem_cache_close(s);
 }
 
 /********************************************************************
@@ -5122,6 +5102,11 @@
 #endif
 }
 
+static void kmem_cache_release(struct kobject *k)
+{
+	slab_kmem_cache_release(to_slab(k));
+}
+
 static const struct sysfs_ops slab_sysfs_ops = {
 	.show = slab_attr_show,
 	.store = slab_attr_store,
@@ -5129,6 +5114,7 @@
 
 static struct kobj_type slab_ktype = {
 	.sysfs_ops = &slab_sysfs_ops,
+	.release = kmem_cache_release,
 };
 
 static int uevent_filter(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj)
@@ -5255,7 +5241,7 @@
 	goto out;
 }
 
-static void sysfs_slab_remove(struct kmem_cache *s)
+void sysfs_slab_remove(struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
 	if (slab_state < FULL)
 		/*