diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index 07b948288f84..ccc02573588f 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -475,6 +475,7 @@ void slab_kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *s)
 void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
 	int refcnt;
+	bool rcu_set;
 
 	if (unlikely(!s) || !kasan_check_byte(s))
 		return;
@@ -482,6 +483,8 @@ void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *s)
 	cpus_read_lock();
 	mutex_lock(&slab_mutex);
 
+	rcu_set = s->flags & SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU;
+
 	refcnt = --s->refcount;
 	if (refcnt)
 		goto out_unlock;
@@ -492,7 +495,7 @@ void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *s)
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
 	cpus_read_unlock();
-	if (!refcnt && !(s->flags & SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU))
+	if (!refcnt && !rcu_set)
 		kmem_cache_release(s);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_destroy);