diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index a9ef77d19a9a..e0819fa96559 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -1889,21 +1889,10 @@ static void slab_destroy(struct kmem_cache *cachep, struct page *page)
 
 	freelist = page->freelist;
 	slab_destroy_debugcheck(cachep, page);
-	if (unlikely(cachep->flags & SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU)) {
-		struct rcu_head *head;
-
-		/*
-		 * RCU free overloads the RCU head over the LRU.
-		 * slab_page has been overloeaded over the LRU,
-		 * however it is not used from now on so that
-		 * we can use it safely.
-		 */
-		head = (void *)&page->rcu_head;
-		call_rcu(head, kmem_rcu_free);
-
-	} else {
+	if (unlikely(cachep->flags & SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU))
+		call_rcu(&page->rcu_head, kmem_rcu_free);
+	else
 		kmem_freepages(cachep, page);
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 * From now on, we don't use freelist
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 97695622a858..7cb4bf9ae320 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -1507,10 +1507,7 @@ static void free_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page)
 			VM_BUG_ON(s->reserved != sizeof(*head));
 			head = page_address(page) + offset;
 		} else {
-			/*
-			 * RCU free overloads the RCU head over the LRU
-			 */
-			head = (void *)&page->lru;
+			head = &page->rcu_head;
 		}
 
 		call_rcu(head, rcu_free_slab);