diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 198c1e2c5358..68ab88e2920e 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -3670,6 +3670,8 @@ __do_kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node, unsigned long caller)
 	struct kmem_cache *cachep;
 	void *ret;
 
+	if (unlikely(size > KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE))
+		return NULL;
 	cachep = kmalloc_slab(size, flags);
 	if (unlikely(ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(cachep)))
 		return cachep;
@@ -3705,6 +3707,8 @@ static __always_inline void *__do_kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags,
 	struct kmem_cache *cachep;
 	void *ret;
 
+	if (unlikely(size > KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE))
+		return NULL;
 	cachep = kmalloc_slab(size, flags);
 	if (unlikely(ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(cachep)))
 		return cachep;
diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index 91d271b90600..f6764cf162b8 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -971,18 +971,18 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmalloc_slab(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 {
 	int index;
 
-	if (unlikely(size > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE)) {
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(!(flags & __GFP_NOWARN));
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
 	if (size <= 192) {
 		if (!size)
 			return ZERO_SIZE_PTR;
 
 		index = size_index[size_index_elem(size)];
-	} else
+	} else {
+		if (unlikely(size > KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE)) {
+			WARN_ON(1);
+			return NULL;
+		}
 		index = fls(size - 1);
+	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA
 	if (unlikely((flags & GFP_DMA)))