diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index bf7ae01fc93bafd193aeeabe3cbdf0ed7e63cd51..f94efd2f6c275b0ff14859e2451da53a6e3115a9 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ static inline bool mem_cgroup_disabled(void)
 void __mem_cgroup_begin_update_page_stat(struct page *page, bool *locked,
 					 unsigned long *flags);
 
+extern atomic_t memcg_moving;
+
 static inline void mem_cgroup_begin_update_page_stat(struct page *page,
 					bool *locked, unsigned long *flags)
 {
@@ -151,7 +153,8 @@ static inline void mem_cgroup_begin_update_page_stat(struct page *page,
 		return;
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	*locked = false;
-	return __mem_cgroup_begin_update_page_stat(page, locked, flags);
+	if (atomic_read(&memcg_moving))
+		__mem_cgroup_begin_update_page_stat(page, locked, flags);
 }
 
 void __mem_cgroup_end_update_page_stat(struct page *page,
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 0e13b2aeea610207e76351902b56885253409930..eb1004f207b3c869fb331c8a21f4ffbe453e373f 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1306,8 +1306,13 @@ int mem_cgroup_swappiness(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
  *                                              rcu_read_unlock()
  *         start move here.
  */
+
+/* for quick checking without looking up memcg */
+atomic_t memcg_moving __read_mostly;
+
 static void mem_cgroup_start_move(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
+	atomic_inc(&memcg_moving);
 	atomic_inc(&memcg->moving_account);
 	synchronize_rcu();
 }
@@ -1318,8 +1323,10 @@ static void mem_cgroup_end_move(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 	 * Now, mem_cgroup_clear_mc() may call this function with NULL.
 	 * We check NULL in callee rather than caller.
 	 */
-	if (memcg)
+	if (memcg) {
+		atomic_dec(&memcg_moving);
 		atomic_dec(&memcg->moving_account);
+	}
 }
 
 /*