diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 89b14729d59f..ff1c1dd7e762 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -315,10 +315,10 @@ struct mem_cgroup {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
 	int kmemcg_id;
+#endif
 	struct obj_cgroup __rcu *objcg;
 	/* list of inherited objcgs, protected by objcg_lock */
 	struct list_head objcg_list;
-#endif
 
 	MEMCG_PADDING(_pad2_);
 
@@ -851,8 +851,7 @@ static inline struct mem_cgroup *lruvec_memcg(struct lruvec *lruvec)
  * parent_mem_cgroup - find the accounting parent of a memcg
  * @memcg: memcg whose parent to find
  *
- * Returns the parent memcg, or NULL if this is the root or the memory
- * controller is in legacy no-hierarchy mode.
+ * Returns the parent memcg, or NULL if this is the root.
  */
 static inline struct mem_cgroup *parent_mem_cgroup(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 598fece89e2b..6de0d3e53eb1 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -254,9 +254,9 @@ struct mem_cgroup *vmpressure_to_memcg(struct vmpressure *vmpr)
 	return container_of(vmpr, struct mem_cgroup, vmpressure);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(objcg_lock);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
 bool mem_cgroup_kmem_disabled(void)
 {
 	return cgroup_memory_nokmem;
@@ -265,12 +265,10 @@ bool mem_cgroup_kmem_disabled(void)
 static void obj_cgroup_uncharge_pages(struct obj_cgroup *objcg,
 				      unsigned int nr_pages);
 
-static void obj_cgroup_release(struct percpu_ref *ref)
+static void obj_cgroup_release_bytes(struct obj_cgroup *objcg)
 {
-	struct obj_cgroup *objcg = container_of(ref, struct obj_cgroup, refcnt);
 	unsigned int nr_bytes;
 	unsigned int nr_pages;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
 	/*
 	 * At this point all allocated objects are freed, and
@@ -284,9 +282,9 @@ static void obj_cgroup_release(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 	 * 3) CPU1: a process from another memcg is allocating something,
 	 *          the stock if flushed,
 	 *          objcg->nr_charged_bytes = PAGE_SIZE - 92
-	 * 5) CPU0: we do release this object,
+	 * 4) CPU0: we do release this object,
 	 *          92 bytes are added to stock->nr_bytes
-	 * 6) CPU0: stock is flushed,
+	 * 5) CPU0: stock is flushed,
 	 *          92 bytes are added to objcg->nr_charged_bytes
 	 *
 	 * In the result, nr_charged_bytes == PAGE_SIZE.
@@ -298,6 +296,19 @@ static void obj_cgroup_release(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 
 	if (nr_pages)
 		obj_cgroup_uncharge_pages(objcg, nr_pages);
+}
+#else
+static inline void obj_cgroup_release_bytes(struct obj_cgroup *objcg)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
+static void obj_cgroup_release(struct percpu_ref *ref)
+{
+	struct obj_cgroup *objcg = container_of(ref, struct obj_cgroup, refcnt);
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	obj_cgroup_release_bytes(objcg);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&objcg_lock, flags);
 	list_del(&objcg->list);
@@ -326,10 +337,10 @@ static struct obj_cgroup *obj_cgroup_alloc(void)
 	return objcg;
 }
 
-static void memcg_reparent_objcgs(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
-				  struct mem_cgroup *parent)
+static void memcg_reparent_objcgs(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
 	struct obj_cgroup *objcg, *iter;
+	struct mem_cgroup *parent = parent_mem_cgroup(memcg);
 
 	objcg = rcu_replace_pointer(memcg->objcg, NULL, true);
 
@@ -348,6 +359,7 @@ static void memcg_reparent_objcgs(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 	percpu_ref_kill(&objcg->refcnt);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
 /*
  * A lot of the calls to the cache allocation functions are expected to be
  * inlined by the compiler. Since the calls to memcg_slab_pre_alloc_hook() are
@@ -3589,21 +3601,12 @@ static u64 mem_cgroup_read_u64(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
 static int memcg_online_kmem(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
-	struct obj_cgroup *objcg;
-
 	if (cgroup_memory_nokmem)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (unlikely(mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg)))
 		return 0;
 
-	objcg = obj_cgroup_alloc();
-	if (!objcg)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	objcg->memcg = memcg;
-	rcu_assign_pointer(memcg->objcg, objcg);
-
 	static_branch_enable(&memcg_kmem_enabled_key);
 
 	memcg->kmemcg_id = memcg->id.id;
@@ -3613,27 +3616,19 @@ static int memcg_online_kmem(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 
 static void memcg_offline_kmem(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
-	struct mem_cgroup *parent;
-
 	if (cgroup_memory_nokmem)
 		return;
 
 	if (unlikely(mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg)))
 		return;
 
-	parent = parent_mem_cgroup(memcg);
-	if (!parent)
-		parent = root_mem_cgroup;
-
-	memcg_reparent_objcgs(memcg, parent);
-
 	/*
 	 * After we have finished memcg_reparent_objcgs(), all list_lrus
 	 * corresponding to this cgroup are guaranteed to remain empty.
 	 * The ordering is imposed by list_lru_node->lock taken by
 	 * memcg_reparent_list_lrus().
 	 */
-	memcg_reparent_list_lrus(memcg, parent);
+	memcg_reparent_list_lrus(memcg, parent_mem_cgroup(memcg));
 }
 #else
 static int memcg_online_kmem(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
@@ -5116,8 +5111,8 @@ static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_alloc(void)
 	memcg->socket_pressure = jiffies;
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
 	memcg->kmemcg_id = -1;
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&memcg->objcg_list);
 #endif
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&memcg->objcg_list);
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&memcg->cgwb_list);
 	for (i = 0; i < MEMCG_CGWB_FRN_CNT; i++)
@@ -5179,6 +5174,7 @@ mem_cgroup_css_alloc(struct cgroup_subsys_state *parent_css)
 static int mem_cgroup_css_online(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 {
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = mem_cgroup_from_css(css);
+	struct obj_cgroup *objcg;
 
 	if (memcg_online_kmem(memcg))
 		goto remove_id;
@@ -5191,6 +5187,13 @@ static int mem_cgroup_css_online(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 	if (alloc_shrinker_info(memcg))
 		goto offline_kmem;
 
+	objcg = obj_cgroup_alloc();
+	if (!objcg)
+		goto free_shrinker;
+
+	objcg->memcg = memcg;
+	rcu_assign_pointer(memcg->objcg, objcg);
+
 	/* Online state pins memcg ID, memcg ID pins CSS */
 	refcount_set(&memcg->id.ref, 1);
 	css_get(css);
@@ -5199,6 +5202,8 @@ static int mem_cgroup_css_online(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 		queue_delayed_work(system_unbound_wq, &stats_flush_dwork,
 				   2UL*HZ);
 	return 0;
+free_shrinker:
+	free_shrinker_info(memcg);
 offline_kmem:
 	memcg_offline_kmem(memcg);
 remove_id:
@@ -5226,6 +5231,7 @@ static void mem_cgroup_css_offline(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 	page_counter_set_min(&memcg->memory, 0);
 	page_counter_set_low(&memcg->memory, 0);
 
+	memcg_reparent_objcgs(memcg);
 	memcg_offline_kmem(memcg);
 	reparent_shrinker_deferred(memcg);
 	wb_memcg_offline(memcg);
