diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
index 5d36b4c54929..91059030fb69 100644
--- a/mm/memblock.c
+++ b/mm/memblock.c
@@ -260,14 +260,20 @@ void __init memblock_discard(void)
 		addr = __pa(memblock.reserved.regions);
 		size = PAGE_ALIGN(sizeof(struct memblock_region) *
 				  memblock.reserved.max);
-		__memblock_free_late(addr, size);
+		if (memblock_reserved_in_slab)
+			kfree(memblock.reserved.regions);
+		else
+			__memblock_free_late(addr, size);
 	}
 
 	if (memblock.memory.regions != memblock_memory_init_regions) {
 		addr = __pa(memblock.memory.regions);
 		size = PAGE_ALIGN(sizeof(struct memblock_region) *
 				  memblock.memory.max);
-		__memblock_free_late(addr, size);
+		if (memblock_memory_in_slab)
+			kfree(memblock.memory.regions);
+		else
+			__memblock_free_late(addr, size);
 	}
 }
 #endif