diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 38c73a3364c6..e8c117595367 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2062,23 +2062,14 @@ init_kmem_cache_node(struct kmem_cache_node *n, struct kmem_cache *s)
 #endif
 }
 
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct kmem_cache_cpu, kmalloc_percpu[KMALLOC_CACHES]);
-
 static inline int alloc_kmem_cache_cpus(struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
-	if (s < kmalloc_caches + KMALLOC_CACHES && s >= kmalloc_caches)
-		/*
-		 * Boot time creation of the kmalloc array. Use static per cpu data
-		 * since the per cpu allocator is not available yet.
-		 */
-		s->cpu_slab = kmalloc_percpu + (s - kmalloc_caches);
-	else
-		s->cpu_slab =  alloc_percpu(struct kmem_cache_cpu);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(PERCPU_DYNAMIC_EARLY_SIZE <
+			SLUB_PAGE_SHIFT * sizeof(struct kmem_cache_cpu));
 
-	if (!s->cpu_slab)
-		return 0;
+	s->cpu_slab = alloc_percpu(struct kmem_cache_cpu);
 
-	return 1;
+	return s->cpu_slab != NULL;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA