diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index b650c1729437..da9efb040040 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -9676,6 +9676,11 @@ static int sysfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *s)
 
 	s->kobj.kset = kset;
 	err = kobject_init_and_add(&s->kobj, &slab_ktype, NULL, "%s", name);
+	/*
+	 * Intentionally skip kobject_put(). See commit 2420baa8e046
+	 * ("mm/slab: Allow cache creation to proceed even if sysfs
+	 * registration fails")
+	 */
 	if (err)
 		goto out;