diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index e622e8f4c2ac..52ded855b4ed 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -1887,7 +1887,7 @@ static void *get_partial_node(struct kmem_cache *s, struct kmem_cache_node *n,
 
 		t = acquire_slab(s, n, page, object == NULL, &objects);
 		if (!t)
-			continue; /* cmpxchg raced */
+			break;
 
 		available += objects;
 		if (!object) {