diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index fc75f34ba6097b2ef93158e1e173a55b84fe7e0f..da53a252b259f0f36f553e9646187db18d49d76a 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -612,8 +612,10 @@ static void mem_cgroup_charge_statistics(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
 	/* pagein of a big page is an event. So, ignore page size */
 	if (nr_pages > 0)
 		__this_cpu_inc(mem->stat->count[MEM_CGROUP_STAT_PGPGIN_COUNT]);
-	else
+	else {
 		__this_cpu_inc(mem->stat->count[MEM_CGROUP_STAT_PGPGOUT_COUNT]);
+		nr_pages = -nr_pages; /* for event */
+	}
 
 	__this_cpu_add(mem->stat->count[MEM_CGROUP_EVENTS], nr_pages);