diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 6e5c798c7c772d5f03530f1c5a3dbcb16dae5182..be50582ae13e564965f8a264c1b1cfdfe0474f4e 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -2654,8 +2654,10 @@ static void __memcg_schedule_kmem_cache_create(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 		return;
 
 	cw = kmalloc(sizeof(*cw), GFP_NOWAIT | __GFP_NOWARN);
-	if (!cw)
+	if (!cw) {
+		css_put(&memcg->css);
 		return;
+	}
 
 	cw->memcg = memcg;
 	cw->cachep = cachep;