diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
index 5922031ffab6e..7fda4fb85bdca 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
@@ -815,6 +815,15 @@ static inline int PageSlabPfmemalloc(struct page *page)
 	return PageActive(page);
 }
 
+/*
+ * A version of PageSlabPfmemalloc() for opportunistic checks where the page
+ * might have been freed under us and not be a PageSlab anymore.
+ */
+static inline int __PageSlabPfmemalloc(struct page *page)
+{
+	return PageActive(page);
+}
+
 static inline void SetPageSlabPfmemalloc(struct page *page)
 {
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageSlab(page), page);
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index d1d39135d9f99..38458e3478103 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2606,6 +2606,19 @@ static inline bool pfmemalloc_match(struct page *page, gfp_t gfpflags)
 	return true;
 }
 
+/*
+ * A variant of pfmemalloc_match() that tests page flags without asserting
+ * PageSlab. Intended for opportunistic checks before taking a lock and
+ * rechecking that nobody else freed the page under us.
+ */
+static inline bool pfmemalloc_match_unsafe(struct page *page, gfp_t gfpflags)
+{
+	if (unlikely(__PageSlabPfmemalloc(page)))
+		return gfp_pfmemalloc_allowed(gfpflags);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 /*
  * Check the page->freelist of a page and either transfer the freelist to the
  * per cpu freelist or deactivate the page.
@@ -2707,7 +2720,7 @@ static void *___slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, int node,
 	 * PFMEMALLOC but right now, we are losing the pfmemalloc
 	 * information when the page leaves the per-cpu allocator
 	 */
-	if (unlikely(!pfmemalloc_match(page, gfpflags)))
+	if (unlikely(!try_pfmemalloc_match(page, gfpflags)))
 		goto deactivate_slab;
 
 	/* must check again c->page in case IRQ handler changed it */