diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 0884c629670d..4da1cb8777f6 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -3372,11 +3372,11 @@ void __init numa_policy_init(void)
 
 	policy_cache = kmem_cache_create("numa_policy",
 					 sizeof(struct mempolicy),
-					 0, SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
+					 0, SLAB_PANIC | SLAB_ACCOUNT, NULL);
 
 	sn_cache = kmem_cache_create("shared_policy_node",
 				     sizeof(struct sp_node),
-				     0, SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
+				     0, SLAB_PANIC | SLAB_ACCOUNT, NULL);
 
 	for_each_node(nid) {
 		preferred_node_policy[nid] = (struct mempolicy) {