diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 157527d7101be..76f4d3c415116 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -5920,11 +5920,6 @@ static int sysfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *s)
 	struct kset *kset = cache_kset(s);
 	int unmergeable = slab_unmergeable(s);
 
-	if (!kset) {
-		kobject_init(&s->kobj, &slab_ktype);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	if (!unmergeable && disable_higher_order_debug &&
 			(slub_debug & DEBUG_METADATA_FLAGS))
 		unmergeable = 1;