diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
index f6ef862b60ef..e9ab292acd22 100644
--- a/mm/slab.h
+++ b/mm/slab.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ struct freelist_counters {
 					 * to save memory. In case ->stride field is not available,
 					 * such optimizations are disabled.
 					 */
-					unsigned short stride;
+					unsigned int stride;
 #endif
 				};
 			};
@@ -559,20 +559,20 @@ static inline void put_slab_obj_exts(unsigned long obj_exts)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
-static inline void slab_set_stride(struct slab *slab, unsigned short stride)
+static inline void slab_set_stride(struct slab *slab, unsigned int stride)
 {
 	slab->stride = stride;
 }
-static inline unsigned short slab_get_stride(struct slab *slab)
+static inline unsigned int slab_get_stride(struct slab *slab)
 {
 	return slab->stride;
 }
 #else
-static inline void slab_set_stride(struct slab *slab, unsigned short stride)
+static inline void slab_set_stride(struct slab *slab, unsigned int stride)
 {
 	VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(stride != sizeof(struct slabobj_ext));
 }
-static inline unsigned short slab_get_stride(struct slab *slab)
+static inline unsigned int slab_get_stride(struct slab *slab)
 {
 	return sizeof(struct slabobj_ext);
 }
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 0c906fefc31b..20cb4f3b636d 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2858,19 +2858,19 @@ static void __kmem_cache_free_bulk(struct kmem_cache *s, size_t size, void **p);
  * object pointers are moved to a on-stack array under the lock. To bound the
  * stack usage, limit each batch to PCS_BATCH_MAX.
  *
- * returns true if at least partially flushed
+ * Must be called with s->cpu_sheaves->lock locked, returns with the lock
+ * unlocked.
+ *
+ * Returns how many objects are remaining to be flushed
  */
-static bool sheaf_flush_main(struct kmem_cache *s)
+static unsigned int __sheaf_flush_main_batch(struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
 	struct slub_percpu_sheaves *pcs;
 	unsigned int batch, remaining;
 	void *objects[PCS_BATCH_MAX];
 	struct slab_sheaf *sheaf;
-	bool ret = false;
 
-next_batch:
-	if (!local_trylock(&s->cpu_sheaves->lock))
-		return ret;
+	lockdep_assert_held(this_cpu_ptr(&s->cpu_sheaves->lock));
 
 	pcs = this_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_sheaves);
 	sheaf = pcs->main;
@@ -2888,10 +2888,37 @@ next_batch:
 
 	stat_add(s, SHEAF_FLUSH, batch);
 
-	ret = true;
+	return remaining;
+}
 
-	if (remaining)
-		goto next_batch;
+static void sheaf_flush_main(struct kmem_cache *s)
+{
+	unsigned int remaining;
+
+	do {
+		local_lock(&s->cpu_sheaves->lock);
+
+		remaining = __sheaf_flush_main_batch(s);
+
+	} while (remaining);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Returns true if the main sheaf was at least partially flushed.
+ */
+static bool sheaf_try_flush_main(struct kmem_cache *s)
+{
+	unsigned int remaining;
+	bool ret = false;
+
+	do {
+		if (!local_trylock(&s->cpu_sheaves->lock))
+			return ret;
+
+		ret = true;
+		remaining = __sheaf_flush_main_batch(s);
+
+	} while (remaining);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -4540,7 +4567,7 @@ __pcs_replace_empty_main(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slub_percpu_sheaves *pcs,
 	struct slab_sheaf *empty = NULL;
 	struct slab_sheaf *full;
 	struct node_barn *barn;
-	bool can_alloc;
+	bool allow_spin;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(this_cpu_ptr(&s->cpu_sheaves->lock));
 
@@ -4561,8 +4588,9 @@ __pcs_replace_empty_main(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slub_percpu_sheaves *pcs,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	full = barn_replace_empty_sheaf(barn, pcs->main,
-					gfpflags_allow_spinning(gfp));
+	allow_spin = gfpflags_allow_spinning(gfp);
+
+	full = barn_replace_empty_sheaf(barn, pcs->main, allow_spin);
 
 	if (full) {
 		stat(s, BARN_GET);
@@ -4572,9 +4600,7 @@ __pcs_replace_empty_main(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slub_percpu_sheaves *pcs,
 
 	stat(s, BARN_GET_FAIL);
 
-	can_alloc = gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp);
-
-	if (can_alloc) {
+	if (allow_spin) {
 		if (pcs->spare) {
 			empty = pcs->spare;
 			pcs->spare = NULL;
@@ -4584,8 +4610,9 @@ __pcs_replace_empty_main(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slub_percpu_sheaves *pcs,
 	}
 
 	local_unlock(&s->cpu_sheaves->lock);
+	pcs = NULL;
 
-	if (!can_alloc)
+	if (!allow_spin)
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (empty) {
@@ -4605,11 +4632,8 @@ __pcs_replace_empty_main(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slub_percpu_sheaves *pcs,
 	if (!full)
 		return NULL;
 
-	/*
-	 * we can reach here only when gfpflags_allow_blocking
-	 * so this must not be an irq
-	 */
-	local_lock(&s->cpu_sheaves->lock);
+	if (!local_trylock(&s->cpu_sheaves->lock))
+		goto barn_put;
 	pcs = this_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_sheaves);
 
 	/*
@@ -4640,6 +4664,7 @@ __pcs_replace_empty_main(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slub_percpu_sheaves *pcs,
 		return pcs;
 	}
 
+barn_put:
 	barn_put_full_sheaf(barn, full);
 	stat(s, BARN_PUT);
 
@@ -5704,7 +5729,7 @@ alloc_empty:
 	if (put_fail)
 		 stat(s, BARN_PUT_FAIL);
 
-	if (!sheaf_flush_main(s))
+	if (!sheaf_try_flush_main(s))
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (!local_trylock(&s->cpu_sheaves->lock))