diff --git a/mm/mempool.c b/mm/mempool.c
index 455d468c3a5d..e209c98c7203 100644
--- a/mm/mempool.c
+++ b/mm/mempool.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/kmemleak.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/mempool.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
@@ -222,6 +223,11 @@ repeat_alloc:
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
 		/* paired with rmb in mempool_free(), read comment there */
 		smp_wmb();
+		/*
+		 * Update the allocation stack trace as this is more useful
+		 * for debugging.
+		 */
+		kmemleak_update_trace(element);
 		return element;
 	}