diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index d8f77346376d8..ca6ba6bdf27b1 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -5072,6 +5072,7 @@ struct loc_track {
 	unsigned long max;
 	unsigned long count;
 	struct location *loc;
+	loff_t idx;
 };
 
 static struct dentry *slab_debugfs_root;
@@ -6035,11 +6036,11 @@ __initcall(slab_sysfs_init);
 #if defined(CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG) && defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)
 static int slab_debugfs_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 {
-
-	struct location *l;
-	unsigned int idx = *(unsigned int *)v;
 	struct loc_track *t = seq->private;
+	struct location *l;
+	unsigned long idx;
 
+	idx = (unsigned long) t->idx;
 	if (idx < t->count) {
 		l = &t->loc[idx];
 
@@ -6088,16 +6089,18 @@ static void *slab_debugfs_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	struct loc_track *t = seq->private;
 
-	v = ppos;
-	++*ppos;
+	t->idx = ++(*ppos);
 	if (*ppos <= t->count)
-		return v;
+		return ppos;
 
 	return NULL;
 }
 
 static void *slab_debugfs_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *ppos)
 {
+	struct loc_track *t = seq->private;
+
+	t->idx = *ppos;
 	return ppos;
 }