diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index dd3fc283c36b..fdbc3b8f6132 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -465,23 +465,23 @@ static __always_inline void *kmem_cache_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t f
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACING
 extern void *kmem_cache_alloc_trace(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, size_t size)
-				   __assume_slab_alignment __malloc;
+				   __assume_slab_alignment __alloc_size(3);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 extern void *kmem_cache_alloc_node_trace(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags,
-					 int node, size_t size) __assume_slab_alignment __malloc;
+					 int node, size_t size) __assume_slab_alignment
+								__alloc_size(4);
 #else
-static __always_inline void *kmem_cache_alloc_node_trace(struct kmem_cache *s,
-							 gfp_t gfpflags, int node,
-							 size_t size)
+static __always_inline __alloc_size(4) void *kmem_cache_alloc_node_trace(struct kmem_cache *s,
+						 gfp_t gfpflags, int node, size_t size)
 {
 	return kmem_cache_alloc_trace(s, gfpflags, size);
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_NUMA */
 
 #else /* CONFIG_TRACING */
-static __always_inline void *kmem_cache_alloc_trace(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags,
-						    size_t size)
+static __always_inline __alloc_size(3) void *kmem_cache_alloc_trace(struct kmem_cache *s,
+								    gfp_t flags, size_t size)
 {
 	void *ret = kmem_cache_alloc(s, flags);