diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index eec8e2f75..06bfe61d3 100755
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
+#include <linux/kmemleak.h>
 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
@@ -3547,6 +3548,14 @@ void kvfree_call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func)
 
 	WRITE_ONCE(krcp->count, krcp->count + 1);
 
+	/*
+	 * The kvfree_rcu() caller considers the pointer freed at this point
+	 * and likely removes any references to it. Since the actual slab
+	 * freeing (and kmemleak_free()) is deferred, tell kmemleak to ignore
+	 * this object (no scanning or false positives reporting).
+	 */
+	kmemleak_ignore(ptr);
+
 	// Set timer to drain after KFREE_DRAIN_JIFFIES.
 	if (rcu_scheduler_active == RCU_SCHEDULER_RUNNING &&
 	    !krcp->monitor_todo) {