diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index cfa91a3ca0ca76b0fcddf2b05d25bd861235d2c6..bc0c16e284c0aa2409e2ab13f86c37e9c5ae8f02 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -287,17 +287,10 @@ static inline bool mem_cgroup_disabled(void)
 	return !cgroup_subsys_enabled(memory_cgrp_subsys);
 }
 
-/**
- * mem_cgroup_events - count memory events against a cgroup
- * @memcg: the memory cgroup
- * @idx: the event index
- * @nr: the number of events to account for
- */
-static inline void mem_cgroup_events(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
-		       enum mem_cgroup_events_index idx,
-		       unsigned int nr)
+static inline void mem_cgroup_event(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+				    enum mem_cgroup_events_index idx)
 {
-	this_cpu_add(memcg->stat->events[idx], nr);
+	this_cpu_inc(memcg->stat->events[idx]);
 	cgroup_file_notify(&memcg->events_file);
 }
 
@@ -614,9 +607,8 @@ static inline bool mem_cgroup_disabled(void)
 	return true;
 }
 
-static inline void mem_cgroup_events(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
-				     enum mem_cgroup_events_index idx,
-				     unsigned int nr)
+static inline void mem_cgroup_event(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+				    enum mem_cgroup_events_index idx)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 108d5b097db15587253fcb6e992d7ced1c342dda..1ffa3ad201ea1ead144c2acead2fd78cd208cedb 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1825,7 +1825,7 @@ static void reclaim_high(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 	do {
 		if (page_counter_read(&memcg->memory) <= memcg->high)
 			continue;
-		mem_cgroup_events(memcg, MEMCG_HIGH, 1);
+		mem_cgroup_event(memcg, MEMCG_HIGH);
 		try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(memcg, nr_pages, gfp_mask, true);
 	} while ((memcg = parent_mem_cgroup(memcg)));
 }
@@ -1916,7 +1916,7 @@ static int try_charge(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	if (!gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp_mask))
 		goto nomem;
 
-	mem_cgroup_events(mem_over_limit, MEMCG_MAX, 1);
+	mem_cgroup_event(mem_over_limit, MEMCG_MAX);
 
 	nr_reclaimed = try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(mem_over_limit, nr_pages,
 						    gfp_mask, may_swap);
@@ -1959,7 +1959,7 @@ static int try_charge(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
 		goto force;
 
-	mem_cgroup_events(mem_over_limit, MEMCG_OOM, 1);
+	mem_cgroup_event(mem_over_limit, MEMCG_OOM);
 
 	mem_cgroup_oom(mem_over_limit, gfp_mask,
 		       get_order(nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE));
@@ -5142,7 +5142,7 @@ static ssize_t memory_max_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		mem_cgroup_events(memcg, MEMCG_OOM, 1);
+		mem_cgroup_event(memcg, MEMCG_OOM);
 		if (!mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(memcg, GFP_KERNEL, 0))
 			break;
 	}
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index e8cb983a8c84c901bf1718ed525c8cbbfa857657..fbec74af2b69e7f9c35f6e989703f9c3da655757 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2526,7 +2526,7 @@ static bool shrink_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct scan_control *sc)
 					sc->memcg_low_skipped = 1;
 					continue;
 				}
-				mem_cgroup_events(memcg, MEMCG_LOW, 1);
+				mem_cgroup_event(memcg, MEMCG_LOW);
 			}
 
 			reclaimed = sc->nr_reclaimed;