diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 65febe957886..f9461a0c47d3 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -8497,6 +8497,8 @@ static void __init bootstrap_cache_sheaves(struct kmem_cache *s)
 	bool failed = false;
 	int node, cpu;
 
+	VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(cache_has_sheaves(s));
+
 	capacity = calculate_sheaf_capacity(s, &empty_args);
 
 	/* capacity can be 0 due to debugging or SLUB_TINY */
@@ -8548,8 +8550,11 @@ static void __init bootstrap_kmalloc_sheaves(void)
 
 	for (type = KMALLOC_NORMAL; type <= KMALLOC_PARTITION_END; type++) {
 		for (int idx = 0; idx < KMALLOC_SHIFT_HIGH + 1; idx++) {
-			if (kmalloc_caches[type][idx])
-				bootstrap_cache_sheaves(kmalloc_caches[type][idx]);
+			struct kmem_cache *s = kmalloc_caches[type][idx];
+
+			/* Do not bootstrap twice when caches are aliased */
+			if (s && !cache_has_sheaves(s))
+				bootstrap_cache_sheaves(s);
 		}
 	}
 }