diff --git a/lib/debugobjects.c b/lib/debugobjects.c
index 70935ed91125..14afeeb7d6ef 100644
--- a/lib/debugobjects.c
+++ b/lib/debugobjects.c
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ static void fill_pool(void)
 		if (!new)
 			return;
 
-		kmemleak_ignore(new);
 		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&pool_lock, flags);
 		hlist_add_head(&new->node, &obj_pool);
 		debug_objects_allocated++;
@@ -1128,7 +1127,6 @@ static int __init debug_objects_replace_static_objects(void)
 		obj = kmem_cache_zalloc(obj_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!obj)
 			goto free;
-		kmemleak_ignore(obj);
 		hlist_add_head(&obj->node, &objects);
 	}
 
@@ -1184,7 +1182,8 @@ void __init debug_objects_mem_init(void)
 
 	obj_cache = kmem_cache_create("debug_objects_cache",
 				      sizeof (struct debug_obj), 0,
-				      SLAB_DEBUG_OBJECTS, NULL);
+				      SLAB_DEBUG_OBJECTS | SLAB_NOLEAKTRACE,
+				      NULL);
 
 	if (!obj_cache || debug_objects_replace_static_objects()) {
 		debug_objects_enabled = 0;