diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 4a9479ef4540..48df882d51d2 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -580,8 +580,8 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void)
 #endif
 	page_cgroup_init();
 	enable_debug_pagealloc();
-	kmemleak_init();
 	debug_objects_mem_init();
+	kmemleak_init();
 	setup_per_cpu_pageset();
 	numa_policy_init();
 	if (late_time_init)
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index f0aa00ba3fac..17ac5f87182d 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ config DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERIMENTAL && !MEMORY_HOTPLUG && \
 		(X86 || ARM || PPC || MIPS || S390 || SPARC64 || SUPERH || MICROBLAZE || TILE)
 
-	select DEBUG_FS if SYSFS
+	select DEBUG_FS
 	select STACKTRACE if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
 	select KALLSYMS
 	select CRC32
diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index c1d5867543e4..aacee45616fc 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -1414,9 +1414,12 @@ static void *kmemleak_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
 	++(*pos);
 
 	list_for_each_continue_rcu(n, &object_list) {
-		next_obj = list_entry(n, struct kmemleak_object, object_list);
-		if (get_object(next_obj))
+		struct kmemleak_object *obj =
+			list_entry(n, struct kmemleak_object, object_list);
+		if (get_object(obj)) {
+			next_obj = obj;
 			break;
+		}
 	}
 
 	put_object(prev_obj);