diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 0c83e6a..c2017a3 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -1592,13 +1592,14 @@ static __always_inline void *slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s,
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	c = get_cpu_slab(s, smp_processor_id());
+	object = c->freelist;
+	prefetchw(object);
 	objsize = c->objsize;
-	if (unlikely(!c->freelist || !node_match(c, node)))
+	if (unlikely(!object || !node_match(c, node)))
 
 		object = __slab_alloc(s, gfpflags, node, addr, c);
 
 	else {
-		object = c->freelist;
 		c->freelist = object[c->offset];
 		stat(c, ALLOC_FASTPATH);
 	}