diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 02e10ac34331da95e42fa4497a883f6489f89bc7..6dd9a920c94e175d5f6b5546eac50c2ed3553beb 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -349,6 +349,9 @@ static int prealloc_memcg_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 {
 	int id, ret = -ENOMEM;
 
+	if (mem_cgroup_disabled())
+		return -ENOSYS;
+
 	down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
 	/* This may call shrinker, so it must use down_read_trylock() */
 	id = idr_alloc(&shrinker_idr, shrinker, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -428,7 +431,7 @@ static bool writeback_throttling_sane(struct scan_control *sc)
 #else
 static int prealloc_memcg_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 {
-	return 0;
+	return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
 static void unregister_memcg_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
@@ -539,8 +542,18 @@ unsigned long lruvec_lru_size(struct lruvec *lruvec, enum lru_list lru, int zone
  */
 int prealloc_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 {
-	unsigned int size = sizeof(*shrinker->nr_deferred);
+	unsigned int size;
+	int err;
+
+	if (shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_MEMCG_AWARE) {
+		err = prealloc_memcg_shrinker(shrinker);
+		if (err != -ENOSYS)
+			return err;
 
+		shrinker->flags &= ~SHRINKER_MEMCG_AWARE;
+	}
+
+	size = sizeof(*shrinker->nr_deferred);
 	if (shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_NUMA_AWARE)
 		size *= nr_node_ids;
 
@@ -548,28 +561,16 @@ int prealloc_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 	if (!shrinker->nr_deferred)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_MEMCG_AWARE) {
-		if (prealloc_memcg_shrinker(shrinker))
-			goto free_deferred;
-	}
-
 	return 0;
-
-free_deferred:
-	kfree(shrinker->nr_deferred);
-	shrinker->nr_deferred = NULL;
-	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 void free_prealloced_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 {
-	if (!shrinker->nr_deferred)
-		return;
-
 	if (shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_MEMCG_AWARE) {
 		down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
 		unregister_memcg_shrinker(shrinker);
 		up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
+		return;
 	}
 
 	kfree(shrinker->nr_deferred);