memset(p + s->objsize, val, s->inuse - s->objsize);
 }
 
-static u8 *check_bytes(u8 *start, unsigned int value, unsigned int bytes)
+static u8 *check_bytes8(u8 *start, u8 value, unsigned int bytes)
 {
        while (bytes) {
-               if (*start != (u8)value)
+               if (*start != value)
                        return start;
                start++;
                bytes--;
        return NULL;
 }
 
+static u8 *check_bytes(u8 *start, u8 value, unsigned int bytes)
+{
+       u64 value64;
+       unsigned int words, prefix;
+
+       if (bytes <= 16)
+               return check_bytes8(start, value, bytes);
+
+       value64 = value | value << 8 | value << 16 | value << 24;
+       value64 = value64 | value64 << 32;
+       prefix = 8 - ((unsigned long)start) % 8;
+
+       if (prefix) {
+               u8 *r = check_bytes8(start, value, prefix);
+               if (r)
+                       return r;
+               start += prefix;
+               bytes -= prefix;
+       }
+
+       words = bytes / 8;
+
+       while (words) {
+               if (*(u64 *)start != value64)
+                       return check_bytes8(start, value, 8);
+               start += 8;
+               words--;
+       }
+
+       return check_bytes8(start, value, bytes % 8);
+}
+
 static void restore_bytes(struct kmem_cache *s, char *message, u8 data,
                                                void *from, void *to)
 {