diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 18ccb2988979cf61c715d1e3c9477d57d418f9c9..fb212e1d700d29b42036e448023bc70b2c95227d 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -407,8 +407,6 @@ int memcg_charge_kmem(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp,
 		      unsigned long nr_pages);
 void memcg_uncharge_kmem(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned long nr_pages);
 
-int __memcg_cleanup_cache_params(struct kmem_cache *s);
-
 /**
  * memcg_kmem_newpage_charge: verify if a new kmem allocation is allowed.
  * @gfp: the gfp allocation flags.
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index eca9ed303a1b2bdf5822505ca47a25f9b6d6fb4f..2e3b448cfa2d8bb922d8c1a8a2215862926b1c54 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create(const char *, size_t, size_t,
 			unsigned long,
 			void (*)(void *));
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
-struct kmem_cache *memcg_create_kmem_cache(struct mem_cgroup *,
-					   struct kmem_cache *);
+void memcg_create_kmem_cache(struct mem_cgroup *, struct kmem_cache *);
+void memcg_destroy_kmem_caches(struct mem_cgroup *);
 #endif
 void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *);
 int kmem_cache_shrink(struct kmem_cache *);
@@ -490,7 +490,6 @@ static __always_inline void *kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
  * Child caches will hold extra metadata needed for its operation. Fields are:
  *
  * @memcg: pointer to the memcg this cache belongs to
- * @list: list_head for the list of all caches in this memcg
  * @root_cache: pointer to the global, root cache, this cache was derived from
  */
 struct memcg_cache_params {
@@ -502,7 +501,6 @@ struct memcg_cache_params {
 		};
 		struct {
 			struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
-			struct list_head list;
 			struct kmem_cache *root_cache;
 		};
 	};
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index baf7eb27e3aeef239db28fa73d641ba935737ce6..f3f8a4f52a0ca31f0731663f0240e856651c5cc4 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -343,9 +343,6 @@ struct mem_cgroup {
 	struct cg_proto tcp_mem;
 #endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM)
-	/* analogous to slab_common's slab_caches list, but per-memcg;
-	 * protected by memcg_slab_mutex */
-	struct list_head memcg_slab_caches;
         /* Index in the kmem_cache->memcg_params->memcg_caches array */
 	int kmemcg_id;
 #endif
@@ -2476,25 +2473,6 @@ static void commit_charge(struct page *page, struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
-/*
- * The memcg_slab_mutex is held whenever a per memcg kmem cache is created or
- * destroyed. It protects memcg_caches arrays and memcg_slab_caches lists.
- */
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(memcg_slab_mutex);
-
-/*
- * This is a bit cumbersome, but it is rarely used and avoids a backpointer
- * in the memcg_cache_params struct.
- */
-static struct kmem_cache *memcg_params_to_cache(struct memcg_cache_params *p)
-{
-	struct kmem_cache *cachep;
-
-	VM_BUG_ON(p->is_root_cache);
-	cachep = p->root_cache;
-	return cache_from_memcg_idx(cachep, memcg_cache_id(p->memcg));
-}
-
 int memcg_charge_kmem(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp,
 		      unsigned long nr_pages)
 {
@@ -2578,10 +2556,7 @@ static int memcg_alloc_cache_id(void)
 	else if (size > MEMCG_CACHES_MAX_SIZE)
 		size = MEMCG_CACHES_MAX_SIZE;
 
-	mutex_lock(&memcg_slab_mutex);
 	err = memcg_update_all_caches(size);
-	mutex_unlock(&memcg_slab_mutex);
-
 	if (err) {
 		ida_simple_remove(&kmem_limited_groups, id);
 		return err;
@@ -2604,120 +2579,20 @@ void memcg_update_array_size(int num)
 	memcg_limited_groups_array_size = num;
 }
 
-static void memcg_register_cache(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
-				 struct kmem_cache *root_cache)
-{
-	struct kmem_cache *cachep;
-	int id;
-
-	lockdep_assert_held(&memcg_slab_mutex);
-
-	id = memcg_cache_id(memcg);
-
-	/*
-	 * Since per-memcg caches are created asynchronously on first
-	 * allocation (see memcg_kmem_get_cache()), several threads can try to
-	 * create the same cache, but only one of them may succeed.
-	 */
-	if (cache_from_memcg_idx(root_cache, id))
-		return;
-
-	cachep = memcg_create_kmem_cache(memcg, root_cache);
-	/*
-	 * If we could not create a memcg cache, do not complain, because
-	 * that's not critical at all as we can always proceed with the root
-	 * cache.
-	 */
-	if (!cachep)
-		return;
-
-	list_add(&cachep->memcg_params->list, &memcg->memcg_slab_caches);
-
-	/*
-	 * Since readers won't lock (see cache_from_memcg_idx()), we need a
-	 * barrier here to ensure nobody will see the kmem_cache partially
-	 * initialized.
-	 */
-	smp_wmb();
-
-	BUG_ON(root_cache->memcg_params->memcg_caches[id]);
-	root_cache->memcg_params->memcg_caches[id] = cachep;
-}
-
-static void memcg_unregister_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
-{
-	struct kmem_cache *root_cache;
-	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
-	int id;
-
-	lockdep_assert_held(&memcg_slab_mutex);
-
-	BUG_ON(is_root_cache(cachep));
-
-	root_cache = cachep->memcg_params->root_cache;
-	memcg = cachep->memcg_params->memcg;
-	id = memcg_cache_id(memcg);
-
-	BUG_ON(root_cache->memcg_params->memcg_caches[id] != cachep);
-	root_cache->memcg_params->memcg_caches[id] = NULL;
-
-	list_del(&cachep->memcg_params->list);
-
-	kmem_cache_destroy(cachep);
-}
-
-int __memcg_cleanup_cache_params(struct kmem_cache *s)
-{
-	struct kmem_cache *c;
-	int i, failed = 0;
-
-	mutex_lock(&memcg_slab_mutex);
-	for_each_memcg_cache_index(i) {
-		c = cache_from_memcg_idx(s, i);
-		if (!c)
-			continue;
-
-		memcg_unregister_cache(c);
-
-		if (cache_from_memcg_idx(s, i))
-			failed++;
-	}
-	mutex_unlock(&memcg_slab_mutex);
-	return failed;
-}
-
-static void memcg_unregister_all_caches(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
-{
-	struct kmem_cache *cachep;
-	struct memcg_cache_params *params, *tmp;
-
-	if (!memcg_kmem_is_active(memcg))
-		return;
-
-	mutex_lock(&memcg_slab_mutex);
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(params, tmp, &memcg->memcg_slab_caches, list) {
-		cachep = memcg_params_to_cache(params);
-		memcg_unregister_cache(cachep);
-	}
-	mutex_unlock(&memcg_slab_mutex);
-}
-
-struct memcg_register_cache_work {
+struct memcg_kmem_cache_create_work {
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
 	struct kmem_cache *cachep;
 	struct work_struct work;
 };
 
-static void memcg_register_cache_func(struct work_struct *w)
+static void memcg_kmem_cache_create_func(struct work_struct *w)
 {
-	struct memcg_register_cache_work *cw =
-		container_of(w, struct memcg_register_cache_work, work);
+	struct memcg_kmem_cache_create_work *cw =
+		container_of(w, struct memcg_kmem_cache_create_work, work);
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = cw->memcg;
 	struct kmem_cache *cachep = cw->cachep;
 
-	mutex_lock(&memcg_slab_mutex);
-	memcg_register_cache(memcg, cachep);
-	mutex_unlock(&memcg_slab_mutex);
+	memcg_create_kmem_cache(memcg, cachep);
 
 	css_put(&memcg->css);
 	kfree(cw);
@@ -2726,10 +2601,10 @@ static void memcg_register_cache_func(struct work_struct *w)
 /*
  * Enqueue the creation of a per-memcg kmem_cache.
  */
-static void __memcg_schedule_register_cache(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
-					    struct kmem_cache *cachep)
+static void __memcg_schedule_kmem_cache_create(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+					       struct kmem_cache *cachep)
 {
-	struct memcg_register_cache_work *cw;
+	struct memcg_kmem_cache_create_work *cw;
 
 	cw = kmalloc(sizeof(*cw), GFP_NOWAIT);
 	if (!cw)
@@ -2739,18 +2614,18 @@ static void __memcg_schedule_register_cache(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 
 	cw->memcg = memcg;
 	cw->cachep = cachep;
+	INIT_WORK(&cw->work, memcg_kmem_cache_create_func);
 
-	INIT_WORK(&cw->work, memcg_register_cache_func);
 	schedule_work(&cw->work);
 }
 
-static void memcg_schedule_register_cache(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
-					  struct kmem_cache *cachep)
+static void memcg_schedule_kmem_cache_create(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+					     struct kmem_cache *cachep)
 {
 	/*
 	 * We need to stop accounting when we kmalloc, because if the
 	 * corresponding kmalloc cache is not yet created, the first allocation
-	 * in __memcg_schedule_register_cache will recurse.
+	 * in __memcg_schedule_kmem_cache_create will recurse.
 	 *
 	 * However, it is better to enclose the whole function. Depending on
 	 * the debugging options enabled, INIT_WORK(), for instance, can
@@ -2759,7 +2634,7 @@ static void memcg_schedule_register_cache(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 	 * the safest choice is to do it like this, wrapping the whole function.
 	 */
 	current->memcg_kmem_skip_account = 1;
-	__memcg_schedule_register_cache(memcg, cachep);
+	__memcg_schedule_kmem_cache_create(memcg, cachep);
 	current->memcg_kmem_skip_account = 0;
 }
 
@@ -2807,7 +2682,7 @@ struct kmem_cache *__memcg_kmem_get_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
 	 * could happen with the slab_mutex held. So it's better to
 	 * defer everything.
 	 */
-	memcg_schedule_register_cache(memcg, cachep);
+	memcg_schedule_kmem_cache_create(memcg, cachep);
 out:
 	css_put(&memcg->css);
 	return cachep;
@@ -4136,7 +4011,7 @@ static int memcg_init_kmem(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 
 static void memcg_destroy_kmem(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
-	memcg_unregister_all_caches(memcg);
+	memcg_destroy_kmem_caches(memcg);
 	mem_cgroup_sockets_destroy(memcg);
 }
 #else
@@ -4664,7 +4539,6 @@ mem_cgroup_css_alloc(struct cgroup_subsys_state *parent_css)
 	spin_lock_init(&memcg->event_list_lock);
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
 	memcg->kmemcg_id = -1;
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&memcg->memcg_slab_caches);
 #endif
 
 	return &memcg->css;
diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index 1b782a2d3b3d1a7006fcc027fc7895767a04c51f..6e1e4cf65836cbc5eff3570bd19278a420ec3185 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -425,6 +425,49 @@ kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size_t size, size_t align,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_create);
 
+static int do_kmem_cache_shutdown(struct kmem_cache *s,
+		struct list_head *release, bool *need_rcu_barrier)
+{
+	if (__kmem_cache_shutdown(s) != 0) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "kmem_cache_destroy %s: "
+		       "Slab cache still has objects\n", s->name);
+		dump_stack();
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
+	if (s->flags & SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU)
+		*need_rcu_barrier = true;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
+	if (!is_root_cache(s)) {
+		struct kmem_cache *root_cache = s->memcg_params->root_cache;
+		int memcg_id = memcg_cache_id(s->memcg_params->memcg);
+
+		BUG_ON(root_cache->memcg_params->memcg_caches[memcg_id] != s);
+		root_cache->memcg_params->memcg_caches[memcg_id] = NULL;
+	}
+#endif
+	list_move(&s->list, release);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void do_kmem_cache_release(struct list_head *release,
+				  bool need_rcu_barrier)
+{
+	struct kmem_cache *s, *s2;
+
+	if (need_rcu_barrier)
+		rcu_barrier();
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(s, s2, release, list) {
+#ifdef SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS
+		sysfs_slab_remove(s);
+#else
+		slab_kmem_cache_release(s);
+#endif
+	}
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
 /*
  * memcg_create_kmem_cache - Create a cache for a memory cgroup.
@@ -435,10 +478,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_create);
  * requests going from @memcg to @root_cache. The new cache inherits properties
  * from its parent.
  */
-struct kmem_cache *memcg_create_kmem_cache(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
-					   struct kmem_cache *root_cache)
+void memcg_create_kmem_cache(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+			     struct kmem_cache *root_cache)
 {
 	static char memcg_name_buf[NAME_MAX + 1]; /* protected by slab_mutex */
+	int memcg_id = memcg_cache_id(memcg);
 	struct kmem_cache *s = NULL;
 	char *cache_name;
 
@@ -447,6 +491,14 @@ struct kmem_cache *memcg_create_kmem_cache(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 
 	mutex_lock(&slab_mutex);
 
+	/*
+	 * Since per-memcg caches are created asynchronously on first
+	 * allocation (see memcg_kmem_get_cache()), several threads can try to
+	 * create the same cache, but only one of them may succeed.
+	 */
+	if (cache_from_memcg_idx(root_cache, memcg_id))
+		goto out_unlock;
+
 	cgroup_name(mem_cgroup_css(memcg)->cgroup,
 		    memcg_name_buf, sizeof(memcg_name_buf));
 	cache_name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s(%d:%s)", root_cache->name,
@@ -458,49 +510,73 @@ struct kmem_cache *memcg_create_kmem_cache(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 				 root_cache->size, root_cache->align,
 				 root_cache->flags, root_cache->ctor,
 				 memcg, root_cache);
+	/*
+	 * If we could not create a memcg cache, do not complain, because
+	 * that's not critical at all as we can always proceed with the root
+	 * cache.
+	 */
 	if (IS_ERR(s)) {
 		kfree(cache_name);
-		s = NULL;
+		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Since readers won't lock (see cache_from_memcg_idx()), we need a
+	 * barrier here to ensure nobody will see the kmem_cache partially
+	 * initialized.
+	 */
+	smp_wmb();
+	root_cache->memcg_params->memcg_caches[memcg_id] = s;
+
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
 
 	put_online_mems();
 	put_online_cpus();
-
-	return s;
 }
 
-static int memcg_cleanup_cache_params(struct kmem_cache *s)
+void memcg_destroy_kmem_caches(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
-	int rc;
+	LIST_HEAD(release);
+	bool need_rcu_barrier = false;
+	struct kmem_cache *s, *s2;
 
-	if (!s->memcg_params ||
-	    !s->memcg_params->is_root_cache)
-		return 0;
+	get_online_cpus();
+	get_online_mems();
 
-	mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
-	rc = __memcg_cleanup_cache_params(s);
 	mutex_lock(&slab_mutex);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(s, s2, &slab_caches, list) {
+		if (is_root_cache(s) || s->memcg_params->memcg != memcg)
+			continue;
+		/*
+		 * The cgroup is about to be freed and therefore has no charges
+		 * left. Hence, all its caches must be empty by now.
+		 */
+		BUG_ON(do_kmem_cache_shutdown(s, &release, &need_rcu_barrier));
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
 
-	return rc;
-}
-#else
-static int memcg_cleanup_cache_params(struct kmem_cache *s)
-{
-	return 0;
+	put_online_mems();
+	put_online_cpus();
+
+	do_kmem_cache_release(&release, need_rcu_barrier);
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM */
 
 void slab_kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
+	memcg_free_cache_params(s);
 	kfree(s->name);
 	kmem_cache_free(kmem_cache, s);
 }
 
 void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
+	int i;
+	LIST_HEAD(release);
+	bool need_rcu_barrier = false;
+	bool busy = false;
+
 	get_online_cpus();
 	get_online_mems();
 
@@ -510,35 +586,23 @@ void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *s)
 	if (s->refcount)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	if (memcg_cleanup_cache_params(s) != 0)
-		goto out_unlock;
+	for_each_memcg_cache_index(i) {
+		struct kmem_cache *c = cache_from_memcg_idx(s, i);
 
-	if (__kmem_cache_shutdown(s) != 0) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "kmem_cache_destroy %s: "
-		       "Slab cache still has objects\n", s->name);
-		dump_stack();
-		goto out_unlock;
+		if (c && do_kmem_cache_shutdown(c, &release, &need_rcu_barrier))
+			busy = true;
 	}
 
-	list_del(&s->list);
-
-	mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
-	if (s->flags & SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU)
-		rcu_barrier();
-
-	memcg_free_cache_params(s);
-#ifdef SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS
-	sysfs_slab_remove(s);
-#else
-	slab_kmem_cache_release(s);
-#endif
-	goto out;
+	if (!busy)
+		do_kmem_cache_shutdown(s, &release, &need_rcu_barrier);
 
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
-out:
+
 	put_online_mems();
 	put_online_cpus();
+
+	do_kmem_cache_release(&release, need_rcu_barrier);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_destroy);