diff --git a/include/linux/slub_def.h b/include/linux/slub_def.h
index 5e6d3d634d5b..57deecc79d52 100644
--- a/include/linux/slub_def.h
+++ b/include/linux/slub_def.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ struct kmem_cache {
 
 	/* Allocation and freeing of slabs */
 	int objects;		/* Number of objects in slab */
+	gfp_t allocflags;	/* gfp flags to use on each alloc */
 	int refcount;		/* Refcount for slab cache destroy */
 	void (*ctor)(struct kmem_cache *, void *);
 	int inuse;		/* Offset to metadata */
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ struct kmem_cache {
  * We keep the general caches in an array of slab caches that are used for
  * 2^x bytes of allocations.
  */
-extern struct kmem_cache kmalloc_caches[PAGE_SHIFT];
+extern struct kmem_cache kmalloc_caches[PAGE_SHIFT + 1];
 
 /*
  * Sorry that the following has to be that ugly but some versions of GCC
@@ -188,12 +189,16 @@ static __always_inline struct kmem_cache *kmalloc_slab(size_t size)
 void *kmem_cache_alloc(struct kmem_cache *, gfp_t);
 void *__kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags);
 
+static __always_inline void *kmalloc_large(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
+{
+	return (void *)__get_free_pages(flags | __GFP_COMP, get_order(size));
+}
+
 static __always_inline void *kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 {
 	if (__builtin_constant_p(size)) {
-		if (size > PAGE_SIZE / 2)
-			return (void *)__get_free_pages(flags | __GFP_COMP,
-							get_order(size));
+		if (size > PAGE_SIZE)
+			return kmalloc_large(size, flags);
 
 		if (!(flags & SLUB_DMA)) {
 			struct kmem_cache *s = kmalloc_slab(size);
@@ -214,7 +219,7 @@ void *kmem_cache_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *, gfp_t flags, int node);
 static __always_inline void *kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
 {
 	if (__builtin_constant_p(size) &&
-		size <= PAGE_SIZE / 2 && !(flags & SLUB_DMA)) {
+		size <= PAGE_SIZE && !(flags & SLUB_DMA)) {
 			struct kmem_cache *s = kmalloc_slab(size);
 
 		if (!s)
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 40c00dacbe4b..473e6c2eaefb 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -2630,6 +2630,7 @@ static struct slab *alloc_slabmgmt(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void *objp,
 	slabp->colouroff = colour_off;
 	slabp->s_mem = objp + colour_off;
 	slabp->nodeid = nodeid;
+	slabp->free = 0;
 	return slabp;
 }
 
@@ -2683,7 +2684,6 @@ static void cache_init_objs(struct kmem_cache *cachep,
 		slab_bufctl(slabp)[i] = i + 1;
 	}
 	slab_bufctl(slabp)[i - 1] = BUFCTL_END;
-	slabp->free = 0;
 }
 
 static void kmem_flagcheck(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t flags)
@@ -2816,7 +2816,6 @@ static int cache_grow(struct kmem_cache *cachep,
 	if (!slabp)
 		goto opps1;
 
-	slabp->nodeid = nodeid;
 	slab_map_pages(cachep, slabp, objp);
 
 	cache_init_objs(cachep, slabp);
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index e2989ae243b5..4b3895cb90ee 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -211,6 +211,8 @@ static inline void ClearSlabDebug(struct page *page)
 /* Internal SLUB flags */
 #define __OBJECT_POISON		0x80000000 /* Poison object */
 #define __SYSFS_ADD_DEFERRED	0x40000000 /* Not yet visible via sysfs */
+#define __KMALLOC_CACHE		0x20000000 /* objects freed using kfree */
+#define __PAGE_ALLOC_FALLBACK	0x10000000 /* Allow fallback to page alloc */
 
 /* Not all arches define cache_line_size */
 #ifndef cache_line_size
@@ -308,7 +310,7 @@ static inline int is_end(void *addr)
 	return (unsigned long)addr & PAGE_MAPPING_ANON;
 }
 
-void *slab_address(struct page *page)
+static void *slab_address(struct page *page)
 {
 	return page->end - PAGE_MAPPING_ANON;
 }
@@ -1078,14 +1080,7 @@ static struct page *allocate_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, int node)
 	struct page *page;
 	int pages = 1 << s->order;
 
-	if (s->order)
-		flags |= __GFP_COMP;
-
-	if (s->flags & SLAB_CACHE_DMA)
-		flags |= SLUB_DMA;
-
-	if (s->flags & SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT)
-		flags |= __GFP_RECLAIMABLE;
+	flags |= s->allocflags;
 
 	if (node == -1)
 		page = alloc_pages(flags, s->order);
@@ -1546,7 +1541,6 @@ load_freelist:
 unlock_out:
 	slab_unlock(c->page);
 	stat(c, ALLOC_SLOWPATH);
-out:
 #ifdef SLUB_FASTPATH
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 #endif
@@ -1581,8 +1575,24 @@ new_slab:
 		c->page = new;
 		goto load_freelist;
 	}
-	object = NULL;
-	goto out;
+#ifdef SLUB_FASTPATH
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
+#endif
+	/*
+	 * No memory available.
+	 *
+	 * If the slab uses higher order allocs but the object is
+	 * smaller than a page size then we can fallback in emergencies
+	 * to the page allocator via kmalloc_large. The page allocator may
+	 * have failed to obtain a higher order page and we can try to
+	 * allocate a single page if the object fits into a single page.
+	 * That is only possible if certain conditions are met that are being
+	 * checked when a slab is created.
+	 */
+	if (!(gfpflags & __GFP_NORETRY) && (s->flags & __PAGE_ALLOC_FALLBACK))
+		return kmalloc_large(s->objsize, gfpflags);
+
+	return NULL;
 debug:
 	object = c->page->freelist;
 	if (!alloc_debug_processing(s, c->page, object, addr))
@@ -2329,10 +2339,33 @@ static int calculate_sizes(struct kmem_cache *s)
 	size = ALIGN(size, align);
 	s->size = size;
 
-	s->order = calculate_order(size);
+	if ((flags & __KMALLOC_CACHE) &&
+			PAGE_SIZE / size < slub_min_objects) {
+		/*
+		 * Kmalloc cache that would not have enough objects in
+		 * an order 0 page. Kmalloc slabs can fallback to
+		 * page allocator order 0 allocs so take a reasonably large
+		 * order that will allows us a good number of objects.
+		 */
+		s->order = max(slub_max_order, PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER);
+		s->flags |= __PAGE_ALLOC_FALLBACK;
+		s->allocflags |= __GFP_NOWARN;
+	} else
+		s->order = calculate_order(size);
+
 	if (s->order < 0)
 		return 0;
 
+	s->allocflags = 0;
+	if (s->order)
+		s->allocflags |= __GFP_COMP;
+
+	if (s->flags & SLAB_CACHE_DMA)
+		s->allocflags |= SLUB_DMA;
+
+	if (s->flags & SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT)
+		s->allocflags |= __GFP_RECLAIMABLE;
+
 	/*
 	 * Determine the number of objects per slab
 	 */
@@ -2484,11 +2517,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_destroy);
  *		Kmalloc subsystem
  *******************************************************************/
 
-struct kmem_cache kmalloc_caches[PAGE_SHIFT] __cacheline_aligned;
+struct kmem_cache kmalloc_caches[PAGE_SHIFT + 1] __cacheline_aligned;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmalloc_caches);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA
-static struct kmem_cache *kmalloc_caches_dma[PAGE_SHIFT];
+static struct kmem_cache *kmalloc_caches_dma[PAGE_SHIFT + 1];
 #endif
 
 static int __init setup_slub_min_order(char *str)
@@ -2536,7 +2569,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache *create_kmalloc_cache(struct kmem_cache *s,
 
 	down_write(&slub_lock);
 	if (!kmem_cache_open(s, gfp_flags, name, size, ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN,
-			flags, NULL))
+			flags | __KMALLOC_CACHE, NULL))
 		goto panic;
 
 	list_add(&s->list, &slab_caches);
@@ -2670,9 +2703,8 @@ void *__kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 {
 	struct kmem_cache *s;
 
-	if (unlikely(size > PAGE_SIZE / 2))
-		return (void *)__get_free_pages(flags | __GFP_COMP,
-							get_order(size));
+	if (unlikely(size > PAGE_SIZE))
+		return kmalloc_large(size, flags);
 
 	s = get_slab(size, flags);
 
@@ -2688,9 +2720,8 @@ void *__kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
 {
 	struct kmem_cache *s;
 
-	if (unlikely(size > PAGE_SIZE / 2))
-		return (void *)__get_free_pages(flags | __GFP_COMP,
-							get_order(size));
+	if (unlikely(size > PAGE_SIZE))
+		return kmalloc_large(size, flags);
 
 	s = get_slab(size, flags);
 
@@ -3001,7 +3032,7 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void)
 		caches++;
 	}
 
-	for (i = KMALLOC_SHIFT_LOW; i < PAGE_SHIFT; i++) {
+	for (i = KMALLOC_SHIFT_LOW; i <= PAGE_SHIFT; i++) {
 		create_kmalloc_cache(&kmalloc_caches[i],
 			"kmalloc", 1 << i, GFP_KERNEL);
 		caches++;
@@ -3028,7 +3059,7 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void)
 	slab_state = UP;
 
 	/* Provide the correct kmalloc names now that the caches are up */
-	for (i = KMALLOC_SHIFT_LOW; i < PAGE_SHIFT; i++)
+	for (i = KMALLOC_SHIFT_LOW; i <= PAGE_SHIFT; i++)
 		kmalloc_caches[i]. name =
 			kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "kmalloc-%d", 1 << i);
 
@@ -3057,6 +3088,9 @@ static int slab_unmergeable(struct kmem_cache *s)
 	if (slub_nomerge || (s->flags & SLUB_NEVER_MERGE))
 		return 1;
 
+	if ((s->flags & __PAGE_ALLOC_FALLBACK))
+		return 1;
+
 	if (s->ctor)
 		return 1;
 
@@ -3218,9 +3252,9 @@ void *__kmalloc_track_caller(size_t size, gfp_t gfpflags, void *caller)
 {
 	struct kmem_cache *s;
 
-	if (unlikely(size > PAGE_SIZE / 2))
-		return (void *)__get_free_pages(gfpflags | __GFP_COMP,
-							get_order(size));
+	if (unlikely(size > PAGE_SIZE))
+		return kmalloc_large(size, gfpflags);
+
 	s = get_slab(size, gfpflags);
 
 	if (unlikely(ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(s)))
@@ -3234,9 +3268,9 @@ void *__kmalloc_node_track_caller(size_t size, gfp_t gfpflags,
 {
 	struct kmem_cache *s;
 
-	if (unlikely(size > PAGE_SIZE / 2))
-		return (void *)__get_free_pages(gfpflags | __GFP_COMP,
-							get_order(size));
+	if (unlikely(size > PAGE_SIZE))
+		return kmalloc_large(size, gfpflags);
+
 	s = get_slab(size, gfpflags);
 
 	if (unlikely(ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(s)))