diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index 6e9e8cca663e..f6e602918dac 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -1966,6 +1966,7 @@ static void kmemleak_disable(void)
 
 	/* stop any memory operation tracing */
 	kmemleak_enabled = 0;
+	kmemleak_early_log = 0;
 
 	/* check whether it is too early for a kernel thread */
 	if (kmemleak_initialized)
@@ -2009,7 +2010,6 @@ void __init kmemleak_init(void)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF
 	if (!kmemleak_skip_disable) {
-		kmemleak_early_log = 0;
 		kmemleak_disable();
 		return;
 	}