diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 96940772bb92..2037a861e367 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ void kmem_cache_free(struct kmem_cache *, void *);
  * Note that interrupts must be enabled when calling these functions.
  */
 void kmem_cache_free_bulk(struct kmem_cache *, size_t, void **);
-bool kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(struct kmem_cache *, gfp_t, size_t, void **);
+int kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(struct kmem_cache *, gfp_t, size_t, void **);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 void *__kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node) __assume_kmalloc_alignment;
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index e0819fa96559..4765c97ce690 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -3419,7 +3419,7 @@ void kmem_cache_free_bulk(struct kmem_cache *s, size_t size, void **p)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_free_bulk);
 
-bool kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, size_t size,
+int kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, size_t size,
 								void **p)
 {
 	return __kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(s, flags, size, p);
diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
index 27492eb678f7..7b6087197997 100644
--- a/mm/slab.h
+++ b/mm/slab.h
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ ssize_t slabinfo_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
  * may be allocated or freed using these operations.
  */
 void __kmem_cache_free_bulk(struct kmem_cache *, size_t, void **);
-bool __kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(struct kmem_cache *, gfp_t, size_t, void **);
+int __kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(struct kmem_cache *, gfp_t, size_t, void **);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
 /*
diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index d88e97c10a2e..3c6a86b4ec25 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ void __kmem_cache_free_bulk(struct kmem_cache *s, size_t nr, void **p)
 		kmem_cache_free(s, p[i]);
 }
 
-bool __kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, size_t nr,
+int __kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, size_t nr,
 								void **p)
 {
 	size_t i;
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ bool __kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, size_t nr,
 		void *x = p[i] = kmem_cache_alloc(s, flags);
 		if (!x) {
 			__kmem_cache_free_bulk(s, i, p);
-			return false;
+			return 0;
 		}
 	}
-	return true;
+	return i;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
diff --git a/mm/slob.c b/mm/slob.c
index 0d7e5df74d1f..17e8f8cc7c53 100644
--- a/mm/slob.c
+++ b/mm/slob.c
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ void kmem_cache_free_bulk(struct kmem_cache *s, size_t size, void **p)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_free_bulk);
 
-bool kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, size_t size,
+int kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, size_t size,
 								void **p)
 {
 	return __kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(s, flags, size, p);
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 34847044dfe5..46997517406e 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2909,8 +2909,8 @@ void kmem_cache_free_bulk(struct kmem_cache *orig_s, size_t size, void **p)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_free_bulk);
 
 /* Note that interrupts must be enabled when calling this function. */
-bool kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, size_t size,
-			   void **p)
+int kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, size_t size,
+			  void **p)
 {
 	struct kmem_cache_cpu *c;
 	int i;
@@ -2959,12 +2959,12 @@ bool kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, size_t size,
 
 	/* memcg and kmem_cache debug support */
 	slab_post_alloc_hook(s, flags, size, p);
-	return true;
+	return i;
 error:
 	local_irq_enable();
 	slab_post_alloc_hook(s, flags, i, p);
 	__kmem_cache_free_bulk(s, i, p);
-	return false;
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_alloc_bulk);