diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 7b318bd501df05f26d1b9cb5cdc7e2a635fa5a8f..3a95e8709ac8eb6bb6ac64f4cc669cc53ab3b5df 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -796,8 +796,11 @@ 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,