diff --git a/include/linux/slub_def.h b/include/linux/slub_def.h
index b5bcac29b979c..85499f0586b06 100644
--- a/include/linux/slub_def.h
+++ b/include/linux/slub_def.h
@@ -41,14 +41,18 @@ enum stat_item {
 	CPU_PARTIAL_DRAIN,	/* Drain cpu partial to node partial */
 	NR_SLUB_STAT_ITEMS };
 
+/*
+ * When changing the layout, make sure freelist and tid are still compatible
+ * with this_cpu_cmpxchg_double() alignment requirements.
+ */
 struct kmem_cache_cpu {
-	local_lock_t lock;	/* Protects the fields below except stat */
 	void **freelist;	/* Pointer to next available object */
 	unsigned long tid;	/* Globally unique transaction id */
 	struct page *page;	/* The slab from which we are allocating */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_CPU_PARTIAL
 	struct page *partial;	/* Partially allocated frozen slabs */
 #endif
+	local_lock_t lock;	/* Protects the fields above */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_STATS
 	unsigned stat[NR_SLUB_STAT_ITEMS];
 #endif