diff --git a/mm/dmapool.c b/mm/dmapool.c
index a151a21e571b..f0bfc6c490f4 100644
--- a/mm/dmapool.c
+++ b/mm/dmapool.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB) || defined(CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON)
+#ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON
 #define DMAPOOL_DEBUG 1
 #endif
 
diff --git a/mm/mempool.c b/mm/mempool.c
index 734bcf5afbb7..4759be0ff9de 100644
--- a/mm/mempool.c
+++ b/mm/mempool.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
 #include "slab.h"
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB) || defined(CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON)
+#ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON
 static void poison_error(mempool_t *pool, void *element, size_t size,
 			 size_t byte)
 {
@@ -95,14 +95,14 @@ static void poison_element(mempool_t *pool, void *element)
 		kunmap_atomic(addr);
 	}
 }
-#else /* CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB || CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON */
+#else /* CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON */
 static inline void check_element(mempool_t *pool, void *element)
 {
 }
 static inline void poison_element(mempool_t *pool, void *element)
 {
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB || CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON */
+#endif /* CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON */
 
 static __always_inline void kasan_poison_element(mempool_t *pool, void *element)
 {