diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 7e8d0f62f30b..18a782bacd1b 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -1239,7 +1239,6 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void)
 				  nr_node_ids * sizeof(struct kmem_cache_node *),
 				  SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, 0, 0);
 	list_add(&kmem_cache->list, &slab_caches);
-	memcg_link_cache(kmem_cache);
 	slab_state = PARTIAL;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
index f4033298a776..c49a863adb63 100644
--- a/mm/slab.h
+++ b/mm/slab.h
@@ -44,14 +44,12 @@ struct kmem_cache {
  *
  * @memcg_cache: pointer to memcg kmem cache, used by all non-root memory
  *		cgroups.
- * @root_caches_node: list node for slab_root_caches list.
  * @work: work struct used to create the non-root cache.
  */
 struct memcg_cache_params {
 	struct kmem_cache *root_cache;
 
 	struct kmem_cache *memcg_cache;
-	struct list_head __root_caches_node;
 	struct work_struct work;
 };
 #endif /* CONFIG_SLOB */
@@ -235,11 +233,6 @@ static inline int cache_vmstat_idx(struct kmem_cache *s)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
-
-/* List of all root caches. */
-extern struct list_head		slab_root_caches;
-#define root_caches_node	memcg_params.__root_caches_node
-
 static inline bool is_root_cache(struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
 	return !s->memcg_params.root_cache;
@@ -415,14 +408,8 @@ static inline void memcg_slab_free_hook(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
 }
 
 extern void slab_init_memcg_params(struct kmem_cache *);
-extern void memcg_link_cache(struct kmem_cache *s);
 
 #else /* CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM */
-
-/* If !memcg, all caches are root. */
-#define slab_root_caches	slab_caches
-#define root_caches_node	list
-
 static inline bool is_root_cache(struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
 	return true;
@@ -491,10 +478,6 @@ static inline void slab_init_memcg_params(struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
 }
 
-static inline void memcg_link_cache(struct kmem_cache *s)
-{
-}
-
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM */
 
 static inline struct kmem_cache *virt_to_cache(const void *obj)
diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index f8874a159637..c045afb9724e 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -129,9 +129,6 @@ int __kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, size_t nr,
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
-
-LIST_HEAD(slab_root_caches);
-
 static void memcg_kmem_cache_create_func(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct kmem_cache *cachep = container_of(work, struct kmem_cache,
@@ -154,27 +151,11 @@ static void init_memcg_params(struct kmem_cache *s,
 	else
 		slab_init_memcg_params(s);
 }
-
-void memcg_link_cache(struct kmem_cache *s)
-{
-	if (is_root_cache(s))
-		list_add(&s->root_caches_node, &slab_root_caches);
-}
-
-static void memcg_unlink_cache(struct kmem_cache *s)
-{
-	if (is_root_cache(s))
-		list_del(&s->root_caches_node);
-}
 #else
 static inline void init_memcg_params(struct kmem_cache *s,
 				     struct kmem_cache *root_cache)
 {
 }
-
-static inline void memcg_unlink_cache(struct kmem_cache *s)
-{
-}
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM */
 
 /*
@@ -251,7 +232,7 @@ struct kmem_cache *find_mergeable(unsigned int size, unsigned int align,
 	if (flags & SLAB_NEVER_MERGE)
 		return NULL;
 
-	list_for_each_entry_reverse(s, &slab_root_caches, root_caches_node) {
+	list_for_each_entry_reverse(s, &slab_caches, list) {
 		if (slab_unmergeable(s))
 			continue;
 
@@ -310,7 +291,6 @@ static struct kmem_cache *create_cache(const char *name,
 
 	s->refcount = 1;
 	list_add(&s->list, &slab_caches);
-	memcg_link_cache(s);
 out:
 	if (err)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
@@ -505,7 +485,6 @@ static int shutdown_cache(struct kmem_cache *s)
 	if (__kmem_cache_shutdown(s) != 0)
 		return -EBUSY;
 
-	memcg_unlink_cache(s);
 	list_del(&s->list);
 
 	if (s->flags & SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU) {
@@ -749,7 +728,6 @@ struct kmem_cache *__init create_kmalloc_cache(const char *name,
 
 	create_boot_cache(s, name, size, flags, useroffset, usersize);
 	list_add(&s->list, &slab_caches);
-	memcg_link_cache(s);
 	s->refcount = 1;
 	return s;
 }
@@ -1090,12 +1068,12 @@ static void print_slabinfo_header(struct seq_file *m)
 void *slab_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&slab_mutex);
-	return seq_list_start(&slab_root_caches, *pos);
+	return seq_list_start(&slab_caches, *pos);
 }
 
 void *slab_next(struct seq_file *m, void *p, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	return seq_list_next(p, &slab_root_caches, pos);
+	return seq_list_next(p, &slab_caches, pos);
 }
 
 void slab_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
@@ -1148,11 +1126,12 @@ static void cache_show(struct kmem_cache *s, struct seq_file *m)
 
 static int slab_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
 {
-	struct kmem_cache *s = list_entry(p, struct kmem_cache, root_caches_node);
+	struct kmem_cache *s = list_entry(p, struct kmem_cache, list);
 
-	if (p == slab_root_caches.next)
+	if (p == slab_caches.next)
 		print_slabinfo_header(m);
-	cache_show(s, m);
+	if (is_root_cache(s))
+		cache_show(s, m);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1254,7 +1233,7 @@ static int memcg_slabinfo_show(struct seq_file *m, void *unused)
 	mutex_lock(&slab_mutex);
 	seq_puts(m, "# <name> <css_id[:dead|deact]> <active_objs> <num_objs>");
 	seq_puts(m, " <active_slabs> <num_slabs>\n");
-	list_for_each_entry(s, &slab_root_caches, root_caches_node) {
+	list_for_each_entry(s, &slab_caches, list) {
 		/*
 		 * Skip kmem caches that don't have the memcg cache.
 		 */
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 6761e40e2c2e..891ae2716df1 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -4292,7 +4292,6 @@ static struct kmem_cache * __init bootstrap(struct kmem_cache *static_cache)
 	}
 	slab_init_memcg_params(s);
 	list_add(&s->list, &slab_caches);
-	memcg_link_cache(s);
 	return s;
 }
 
