diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index a805474df4ab..2d03975c7dc0 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -754,6 +754,13 @@ static inline bool mem_cgroup_under_socket_pressure(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 }
 #endif
 
+struct kmem_cache *memcg_kmem_get_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep);
+void memcg_kmem_put_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep);
+int memcg_kmem_charge_memcg(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp, int order,
+			    struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
+int memcg_kmem_charge(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp, int order);
+void memcg_kmem_uncharge(struct page *page, int order);
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_MEMCG) && !defined(CONFIG_SLOB)
 extern struct static_key_false memcg_kmem_enabled_key;
 
@@ -775,22 +782,6 @@ static inline bool memcg_kmem_enabled(void)
 }
 
 /*
- * In general, we'll do everything in our power to not incur in any overhead
- * for non-memcg users for the kmem functions. Not even a function call, if we
- * can avoid it.
- *
- * Therefore, we'll inline all those functions so that in the best case, we'll
- * see that kmemcg is off for everybody and proceed quickly.  If it is on,
- * we'll still do most of the flag checking inline. We check a lot of
- * conditions, but because they are pretty simple, they are expected to be
- * fast.
- */
-int __memcg_kmem_charge_memcg(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp, int order,
-			      struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
-int __memcg_kmem_charge(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp, int order);
-void __memcg_kmem_uncharge(struct page *page, int order);
-
-/*
  * helper for accessing a memcg's index. It will be used as an index in the
  * child cache array in kmem_cache, and also to derive its name. This function
  * will return -1 when this is not a kmem-limited memcg.
@@ -800,67 +791,6 @@ static inline int memcg_cache_id(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 	return memcg ? memcg->kmemcg_id : -1;
 }
 
-struct kmem_cache *__memcg_kmem_get_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t gfp);
-void __memcg_kmem_put_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep);
-
-static inline bool __memcg_kmem_bypass(void)
-{
-	if (!memcg_kmem_enabled())
-		return true;
-	if (in_interrupt() || (!current->mm) || (current->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
-		return true;
-	return false;
-}
-
-/**
- * memcg_kmem_charge: charge a kmem page
- * @page: page to charge
- * @gfp: reclaim mode
- * @order: allocation order
- *
- * Returns 0 on success, an error code on failure.
- */
-static __always_inline int memcg_kmem_charge(struct page *page,
-					     gfp_t gfp, int order)
-{
-	if (__memcg_kmem_bypass())
-		return 0;
-	if (!(gfp & __GFP_ACCOUNT))
-		return 0;
-	return __memcg_kmem_charge(page, gfp, order);
-}
-
-/**
- * memcg_kmem_uncharge: uncharge a kmem page
- * @page: page to uncharge
- * @order: allocation order
- */
-static __always_inline void memcg_kmem_uncharge(struct page *page, int order)
-{
-	if (memcg_kmem_enabled())
-		__memcg_kmem_uncharge(page, order);
-}
-
-/**
- * memcg_kmem_get_cache: selects the correct per-memcg cache for allocation
- * @cachep: the original global kmem cache
- *
- * All memory allocated from a per-memcg cache is charged to the owner memcg.
- */
-static __always_inline struct kmem_cache *
-memcg_kmem_get_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t gfp)
-{
-	if (__memcg_kmem_bypass())
-		return cachep;
-	return __memcg_kmem_get_cache(cachep, gfp);
-}
-
-static __always_inline void memcg_kmem_put_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
-{
-	if (memcg_kmem_enabled())
-		__memcg_kmem_put_cache(cachep);
-}
-
 /**
  * memcg_kmem_update_page_stat - update kmem page state statistics
  * @page: the page
@@ -883,15 +813,6 @@ static inline bool memcg_kmem_enabled(void)
 	return false;
 }
 
-static inline int memcg_kmem_charge(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp, int order)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline void memcg_kmem_uncharge(struct page *page, int order)
-{
-}
-
 static inline int memcg_cache_id(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
 	return -1;
@@ -905,16 +826,6 @@ static inline void memcg_put_cache_ids(void)
 {
 }
 
-static inline struct kmem_cache *
-memcg_kmem_get_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t gfp)
-{
-	return cachep;
-}
-
-static inline void memcg_kmem_put_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
-{
-}
-
 static inline void memcg_kmem_update_page_stat(struct page *page,
 				enum mem_cgroup_stat_index idx, int val)
 {
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index b3f16ab4b431..482b4a0c97e4 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -2268,20 +2268,30 @@ static void memcg_schedule_kmem_cache_create(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 	current->memcg_kmem_skip_account = 0;
 }
 
-/*
+static inline bool memcg_kmem_bypass(void)
+{
+	if (in_interrupt() || !current->mm || (current->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
+		return true;
+	return false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * memcg_kmem_get_cache: select the correct per-memcg cache for allocation
+ * @cachep: the original global kmem cache
+ *
  * Return the kmem_cache we're supposed to use for a slab allocation.
  * We try to use the current memcg's version of the cache.
  *
- * If the cache does not exist yet, if we are the first user of it,
- * we either create it immediately, if possible, or create it asynchronously
- * in a workqueue.
- * In the latter case, we will let the current allocation go through with
- * the original cache.
+ * If the cache does not exist yet, if we are the first user of it, we
+ * create it asynchronously in a workqueue and let the current allocation
+ * go through with the original cache.
  *
- * Can't be called in interrupt context or from kernel threads.
- * This function needs to be called with rcu_read_lock() held.
+ * This function takes a reference to the cache it returns to assure it
+ * won't get destroyed while we are working with it. Once the caller is
+ * done with it, memcg_kmem_put_cache() must be called to release the
+ * reference.
  */
-struct kmem_cache *__memcg_kmem_get_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t gfp)
+struct kmem_cache *memcg_kmem_get_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
 {
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
 	struct kmem_cache *memcg_cachep;
@@ -2289,10 +2299,7 @@ struct kmem_cache *__memcg_kmem_get_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t gfp)
 
 	VM_BUG_ON(!is_root_cache(cachep));
 
-	if (cachep->flags & SLAB_ACCOUNT)
-		gfp |= __GFP_ACCOUNT;
-
-	if (!(gfp & __GFP_ACCOUNT))
+	if (memcg_kmem_bypass())
 		return cachep;
 
 	if (current->memcg_kmem_skip_account)
@@ -2325,14 +2332,27 @@ out:
 	return cachep;
 }
 
-void __memcg_kmem_put_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
+/**
+ * memcg_kmem_put_cache: drop reference taken by memcg_kmem_get_cache
+ * @cachep: the cache returned by memcg_kmem_get_cache
+ */
+void memcg_kmem_put_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
 {
 	if (!is_root_cache(cachep))
 		css_put(&cachep->memcg_params.memcg->css);
 }
 
-int __memcg_kmem_charge_memcg(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp, int order,
-			      struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+/**
+ * memcg_kmem_charge: charge a kmem page
+ * @page: page to charge
+ * @gfp: reclaim mode
+ * @order: allocation order
+ * @memcg: memory cgroup to charge
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, an error code on failure.
+ */
+int memcg_kmem_charge_memcg(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp, int order,
+			    struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
 	unsigned int nr_pages = 1 << order;
 	struct page_counter *counter;
@@ -2353,19 +2373,34 @@ int __memcg_kmem_charge_memcg(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp, int order,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int __memcg_kmem_charge(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp, int order)
+/**
+ * memcg_kmem_charge: charge a kmem page to the current memory cgroup
+ * @page: page to charge
+ * @gfp: reclaim mode
+ * @order: allocation order
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, an error code on failure.
+ */
+int memcg_kmem_charge(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp, int order)
 {
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	if (memcg_kmem_bypass())
+		return 0;
+
 	memcg = get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(current->mm);
 	if (!mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg))
-		ret = __memcg_kmem_charge_memcg(page, gfp, order, memcg);
+		ret = memcg_kmem_charge_memcg(page, gfp, order, memcg);
 	css_put(&memcg->css);
 	return ret;
 }
-
-void __memcg_kmem_uncharge(struct page *page, int order)
+/**
+ * memcg_kmem_uncharge: uncharge a kmem page
+ * @page: page to uncharge
+ * @order: allocation order
+ */
+void memcg_kmem_uncharge(struct page *page, int order)
 {
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = page->mem_cgroup;
 	unsigned int nr_pages = 1 << order;
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 520c3576249b..f948f4e02e89 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -4001,7 +4001,8 @@ struct page *alloc_kmem_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
 	struct page *page;
 
 	page = alloc_pages(gfp_mask, order);
-	if (page && memcg_kmem_charge(page, gfp_mask, order) != 0) {
+	if (memcg_kmem_enabled() && (gfp_mask & __GFP_ACCOUNT) &&
+	    page && memcg_kmem_charge(page, gfp_mask, order) != 0) {
 		__free_pages(page, order);
 		page = NULL;
 	}
@@ -4013,7 +4014,8 @@ struct page *alloc_kmem_pages_node(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
 	struct page *page;
 
 	page = alloc_pages_node(nid, gfp_mask, order);
-	if (page && memcg_kmem_charge(page, gfp_mask, order) != 0) {
+	if (memcg_kmem_enabled() && (gfp_mask & __GFP_ACCOUNT) &&
+	    page && memcg_kmem_charge(page, gfp_mask, order) != 0) {
 		__free_pages(page, order);
 		page = NULL;
 	}
@@ -4026,7 +4028,8 @@ struct page *alloc_kmem_pages_node(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
  */
 void __free_kmem_pages(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
 {
-	memcg_kmem_uncharge(page, order);
+	if (memcg_kmem_enabled())
+		memcg_kmem_uncharge(page, order);
 	__free_pages(page, order);
 }
 
diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
index dedb1a920fb8..a98859400bc0 100644
--- a/mm/slab.h
+++ b/mm/slab.h
@@ -253,8 +253,7 @@ static __always_inline int memcg_charge_slab(struct page *page,
 	if (is_root_cache(s))
 		return 0;
 
-	ret = __memcg_kmem_charge_memcg(page, gfp, order,
-					s->memcg_params.memcg);
+	ret = memcg_kmem_charge_memcg(page, gfp, order, s->memcg_params.memcg);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -268,6 +267,9 @@ static __always_inline int memcg_charge_slab(struct page *page,
 static __always_inline void memcg_uncharge_slab(struct page *page, int order,
 						struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
+	if (!memcg_kmem_enabled())
+		return;
+
 	memcg_kmem_update_page_stat(page,
 			(s->flags & SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT) ?
 			MEMCG_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE : MEMCG_SLAB_UNRECLAIMABLE,
@@ -390,7 +392,11 @@ static inline struct kmem_cache *slab_pre_alloc_hook(struct kmem_cache *s,
 	if (should_failslab(s, flags))
 		return NULL;
 
-	return memcg_kmem_get_cache(s, flags);
+	if (memcg_kmem_enabled() &&
+	    ((flags & __GFP_ACCOUNT) || (s->flags & SLAB_ACCOUNT)))
+		return memcg_kmem_get_cache(s);
+
+	return s;
 }
 
 static inline void slab_post_alloc_hook(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags,
@@ -407,7 +413,9 @@ static inline void slab_post_alloc_hook(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags,
 					 s->flags, flags);
 		kasan_slab_alloc(s, object, flags);
 	}
-	memcg_kmem_put_cache(s);
+
+	if (memcg_kmem_enabled())
+		memcg_kmem_put_cache(s);
 }
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_SLOB
