diff --git a/lib/debugobjects.c b/lib/debugobjects.c
index 3e79c100271f7fdad905b0f60d5a3ebfa93929cd..faab2c4ea024696efaf890b2310866c663aa8980 100644
--- a/lib/debugobjects.c
+++ b/lib/debugobjects.c
@@ -751,13 +751,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debug_object_active_state);
 static void __debug_check_no_obj_freed(const void *address, unsigned long size)
 {
 	unsigned long flags, oaddr, saddr, eaddr, paddr, chunks;
-	struct hlist_node *tmp;
-	HLIST_HEAD(freelist);
 	struct debug_obj_descr *descr;
 	enum debug_obj_state state;
 	struct debug_bucket *db;
+	struct hlist_node *tmp;
 	struct debug_obj *obj;
 	int cnt, objs_checked = 0;
+	bool work = false;
 
 	saddr = (unsigned long) address;
 	eaddr = saddr + size;
@@ -788,18 +788,12 @@ static void __debug_check_no_obj_freed(const void *address, unsigned long size)
 				goto repeat;
 			default:
 				hlist_del(&obj->node);
-				hlist_add_head(&obj->node, &freelist);
+				work |= __free_object(obj);
 				break;
 			}
 		}
 		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&db->lock, flags);
 
-		/* Now free them */
-		hlist_for_each_entry_safe(obj, tmp, &freelist, node) {
-			hlist_del(&obj->node);
-			free_object(obj);
-		}
-
 		if (cnt > debug_objects_maxchain)
 			debug_objects_maxchain = cnt;
 
@@ -808,6 +802,10 @@ static void __debug_check_no_obj_freed(const void *address, unsigned long size)
 
 	if (objs_checked > debug_objects_maxchecked)
 		debug_objects_maxchecked = objs_checked;
+
+	/* Schedule work to actually kmem_cache_free() objects */
+	if (work)
+		schedule_work(&debug_obj_work);
 }
 
 void debug_check_no_obj_freed(const void *address, unsigned long size)