diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index a1e97183bcf9eeb0b1f7ea2ee28d22f92a1cd628..638b5e28857487d8c066dd640a508a1318b707c5 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -793,8 +793,11 @@ static inline void count_memcg_event_mm(struct mm_struct *mm,
 static inline void memcg_memory_event(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 				      enum memcg_memory_event event)
 {
-	atomic_long_inc(&memcg->memory_events[event]);
-	cgroup_file_notify(&memcg->events_file);
+	do {
+		atomic_long_inc(&memcg->memory_events[event]);
+		cgroup_file_notify(&memcg->events_file);
+	} while ((memcg = parent_mem_cgroup(memcg)) &&
+		 !mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg));
 }
 
 static inline void memcg_memory_event_mm(struct mm_struct *mm,