diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 954d9b6c62c6..f6e901ec6b78 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ static void __init mm_init(void)
 	mem_init();
 	kmem_cache_init();
 	pgtable_init();
+	debug_objects_mem_init();
 	vmalloc_init();
 	ioremap_huge_init();
 	/* Should be run before the first non-init thread is created */
@@ -697,7 +698,6 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void)
 #endif
 	page_ext_init();
 	kmemleak_init();
-	debug_objects_mem_init();
 	setup_per_cpu_pageset();
 	numa_policy_init();
 	acpi_early_init();
diff --git a/lib/debugobjects.c b/lib/debugobjects.c
index 14afeeb7d6ef..55437fd5128b 100644
--- a/lib/debugobjects.c
+++ b/lib/debugobjects.c
@@ -1131,11 +1131,10 @@ static int __init debug_objects_replace_static_objects(void)
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * When debug_objects_mem_init() is called we know that only
-	 * one CPU is up, so disabling interrupts is enough
-	 * protection. This avoids the lockdep hell of lock ordering.
+	 * debug_objects_mem_init() is now called early that only one CPU is up
+	 * and interrupts have been disabled, so it is safe to replace the
+	 * active object references.
 	 */
-	local_irq_disable();
 
 	/* Remove the statically allocated objects from the pool */
 	hlist_for_each_entry_safe(obj, tmp, &obj_pool, node)
@@ -1156,7 +1155,6 @@ static int __init debug_objects_replace_static_objects(void)
 			cnt++;
 		}
 	}
-	local_irq_enable();
 
 	pr_debug("%d of %d active objects replaced\n",
 		 cnt, obj_pool_used);