diff --git a/include/net/request_sock.h b/include/net/request_sock.h
index cac811e..c719084 100644
--- a/include/net/request_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/request_sock.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 	int		family;
 	int		obj_size;
 	struct kmem_cache	*slab;
+	char		*slab_name;
 	int		(*rtx_syn_ack)(struct sock *sk,
 				       struct request_sock *req);
 	void		(*send_ack)(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
diff --git a/include/net/timewait_sock.h b/include/net/timewait_sock.h
index 1e1ee32..97c3b14 100644
--- a/include/net/timewait_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/timewait_sock.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 struct timewait_sock_ops {
 	struct kmem_cache	*twsk_slab;
+	char		*twsk_slab_name;
 	unsigned int	twsk_obj_size;
 	int		(*twsk_unique)(struct sock *sk,
 				       struct sock *sktw, void *twp);
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 341e394..edf7220 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -2035,9 +2035,6 @@
 
 int proto_register(struct proto *prot, int alloc_slab)
 {
-	char *request_sock_slab_name = NULL;
-	char *timewait_sock_slab_name;
-
 	if (alloc_slab) {
 		prot->slab = kmem_cache_create(prot->name, prot->obj_size, 0,
 					       SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL);
@@ -2051,12 +2048,12 @@
 		if (prot->rsk_prot != NULL) {
 			static const char mask[] = "request_sock_%s";
 
-			request_sock_slab_name = kmalloc(strlen(prot->name) + sizeof(mask) - 1, GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (request_sock_slab_name == NULL)
+			prot->rsk_prot->slab_name = kmalloc(strlen(prot->name) + sizeof(mask) - 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (prot->rsk_prot->slab_name == NULL)
 				goto out_free_sock_slab;
 
-			sprintf(request_sock_slab_name, mask, prot->name);
-			prot->rsk_prot->slab = kmem_cache_create(request_sock_slab_name,
+			sprintf(prot->rsk_prot->slab_name, mask, prot->name);
+			prot->rsk_prot->slab = kmem_cache_create(prot->rsk_prot->slab_name,
 								 prot->rsk_prot->obj_size, 0,
 								 SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL);
 
@@ -2070,14 +2067,14 @@
 		if (prot->twsk_prot != NULL) {
 			static const char mask[] = "tw_sock_%s";
 
-			timewait_sock_slab_name = kmalloc(strlen(prot->name) + sizeof(mask) - 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+			prot->twsk_prot->twsk_slab_name = kmalloc(strlen(prot->name) + sizeof(mask) - 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 
-			if (timewait_sock_slab_name == NULL)
+			if (prot->twsk_prot->twsk_slab_name == NULL)
 				goto out_free_request_sock_slab;
 
-			sprintf(timewait_sock_slab_name, mask, prot->name);
+			sprintf(prot->twsk_prot->twsk_slab_name, mask, prot->name);
 			prot->twsk_prot->twsk_slab =
-				kmem_cache_create(timewait_sock_slab_name,
+				kmem_cache_create(prot->twsk_prot->twsk_slab_name,
 						  prot->twsk_prot->twsk_obj_size,
 						  0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN,
 						  NULL);
@@ -2093,14 +2090,14 @@
 	return 0;
 
 out_free_timewait_sock_slab_name:
-	kfree(timewait_sock_slab_name);
+	kfree(prot->twsk_prot->twsk_slab_name);
 out_free_request_sock_slab:
 	if (prot->rsk_prot && prot->rsk_prot->slab) {
 		kmem_cache_destroy(prot->rsk_prot->slab);
 		prot->rsk_prot->slab = NULL;
 	}
 out_free_request_sock_slab_name:
-	kfree(request_sock_slab_name);
+	kfree(prot->rsk_prot->slab_name);
 out_free_sock_slab:
 	kmem_cache_destroy(prot->slab);
 	prot->slab = NULL;
@@ -2123,18 +2120,14 @@
 	}
 
 	if (prot->rsk_prot != NULL && prot->rsk_prot->slab != NULL) {
-		const char *name = kmem_cache_name(prot->rsk_prot->slab);
-
 		kmem_cache_destroy(prot->rsk_prot->slab);
-		kfree(name);
+		kfree(prot->rsk_prot->slab_name);
 		prot->rsk_prot->slab = NULL;
 	}
 
 	if (prot->twsk_prot != NULL && prot->twsk_prot->twsk_slab != NULL) {
-		const char *name = kmem_cache_name(prot->twsk_prot->twsk_slab);
-
 		kmem_cache_destroy(prot->twsk_prot->twsk_slab);
-		kfree(name);
+		kfree(prot->twsk_prot->twsk_slab_name);
 		prot->twsk_prot->twsk_slab = NULL;
 	}
 }