diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 8f73593d4f21015ab38fef48f85744691e8b4492..21b3f004f614f3886529d548f2aa06a3dc12ab72 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ static inline void inc_slabs_node(struct kmem_cache *s, int node, int objects)
 	 * dilemma by deferring the increment of the count during
 	 * bootstrap (see early_kmem_cache_node_alloc).
 	 */
-	if (n) {
+	if (likely(n)) {
 		atomic_long_inc(&n->nr_slabs);
 		atomic_long_add(objects, &n->total_objects);
 	}