diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index e9c5504..86487df 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -4275,11 +4275,20 @@
 #endif /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE || CONFIG_HUGETLBFS */
 
 #if USE_SPLIT_PTE_PTLOCKS && ALLOC_SPLIT_PTLOCKS
+
+static struct kmem_cache *page_ptl_cachep;
+
+void __init ptlock_cache_init(void)
+{
+	page_ptl_cachep = kmem_cache_create("page->ptl", sizeof(spinlock_t), 0,
+			SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
+}
+
 bool ptlock_alloc(struct page *page)
 {
 	spinlock_t *ptl;
 
-	ptl = kmalloc(sizeof(spinlock_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+	ptl = kmem_cache_alloc(page_ptl_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ptl)
 		return false;
 	page->ptl = ptl;
@@ -4288,6 +4297,6 @@
 
 void ptlock_free(struct page *page)
 {
-	kfree(page->ptl);
+	kmem_cache_free(page_ptl_cachep, page->ptl);
 }
 #endif