diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 332d4b459a90..9bf44955c4f1 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3533,6 +3533,7 @@ static int calculate_sizes(struct kmem_cache *s, int forced_order)
 {
 	slab_flags_t flags = s->flags;
 	unsigned int size = s->object_size;
+	unsigned int freepointer_area;
 	unsigned int order;
 
 	/*
@@ -3541,6 +3542,13 @@ static int calculate_sizes(struct kmem_cache *s, int forced_order)
 	 * the possible location of the free pointer.
 	 */
 	size = ALIGN(size, sizeof(void *));
+	/*
+	 * This is the area of the object where a freepointer can be
+	 * safely written. If redzoning adds more to the inuse size, we
+	 * can't use that portion for writing the freepointer, so
+	 * s->offset must be limited within this for the general case.
+	 */
+	freepointer_area = size;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG
 	/*
@@ -3582,13 +3590,13 @@ static int calculate_sizes(struct kmem_cache *s, int forced_order)
 		 */
 		s->offset = size;
 		size += sizeof(void *);
-	} else if (size > sizeof(void *)) {
+	} else if (freepointer_area > sizeof(void *)) {
 		/*
 		 * Store freelist pointer near middle of object to keep
 		 * it away from the edges of the object to avoid small
 		 * sized over/underflows from neighboring allocations.
 		 */
-		s->offset = ALIGN(size / 2, sizeof(void *));
+		s->offset = ALIGN(freepointer_area / 2, sizeof(void *));
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG