diff --git a/security/keys/key.c b/security/keys/key.c
index 091ee084bc30..b34a64d81d47 100644
--- a/security/keys/key.c
+++ b/security/keys/key.c
@@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ void __init key_init(void)
 {
 	/* allocate a slab in which we can store keys */
 	key_jar = kmem_cache_create("key_jar", sizeof(struct key),
-			0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
+			0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN | SLAB_PANIC | SLAB_NO_MERGE, NULL);
 
 	/* add the special key types */
 	list_add_tail(&key_type_keyring.link, &key_types_list);