diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 1fa23244fe37669fd12a76bc020c94334c32a88a..dfc2929a3877f1defaa68ce0805ab22e2cec005a 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -492,8 +492,6 @@ void __memcg_kmem_uncharge_pages(struct page *page, int order);
 
 int memcg_cache_id(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
 
-char *memcg_create_cache_name(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
-			      struct kmem_cache *root_cache);
 int memcg_alloc_cache_params(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct kmem_cache *s,
 			     struct kmem_cache *root_cache);
 void memcg_free_cache_params(struct kmem_cache *s);
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index ecbec9ccb80d6b5bf3eeb240cfba2cd35bc767ad..86e5b26fbdab1c4300bcf4d9d0d841069e53f695 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create(const char *, size_t, size_t,
 			void (*)(void *));
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
 struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *,
-					   struct kmem_cache *);
+					   struct kmem_cache *,
+					   const char *);
 #endif
 void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *);
 int kmem_cache_shrink(struct kmem_cache *);
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 971d7b643f6e2e3cea183a6cb85afbe16ee666c4..7df7f599e3dfeeb960456c78299f51247fafc424 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -3095,29 +3095,6 @@ int memcg_update_cache_size(struct kmem_cache *s, int num_groups)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-char *memcg_create_cache_name(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
-			      struct kmem_cache *root_cache)
-{
-	static char *buf;
-
-	/*
-	 * We need a mutex here to protect the shared buffer. Since this is
-	 * expected to be called only on cache creation, we can employ the
-	 * slab_mutex for that purpose.
-	 */
-	lockdep_assert_held(&slab_mutex);
-
-	if (!buf) {
-		buf = kmalloc(NAME_MAX + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!buf)
-			return NULL;
-	}
-
-	cgroup_name(memcg->css.cgroup, buf, NAME_MAX + 1);
-	return kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s(%d:%s)", root_cache->name,
-			 memcg_cache_id(memcg), buf);
-}
-
 int memcg_alloc_cache_params(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct kmem_cache *s,
 			     struct kmem_cache *root_cache)
 {
@@ -3158,6 +3135,7 @@ void memcg_free_cache_params(struct kmem_cache *s)
 static void memcg_kmem_create_cache(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 				    struct kmem_cache *root_cache)
 {
+	static char *memcg_name_buf;	/* protected by memcg_slab_mutex */
 	struct kmem_cache *cachep;
 	int id;
 
@@ -3173,7 +3151,14 @@ static void memcg_kmem_create_cache(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 	if (cache_from_memcg_idx(root_cache, id))
 		return;
 
-	cachep = kmem_cache_create_memcg(memcg, root_cache);
+	if (!memcg_name_buf) {
+		memcg_name_buf = kmalloc(NAME_MAX + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!memcg_name_buf)
+			return;
+	}
+
+	cgroup_name(memcg->css.cgroup, memcg_name_buf, NAME_MAX + 1);
+	cachep = kmem_cache_create_memcg(memcg, root_cache, memcg_name_buf);
 	/*
 	 * If we could not create a memcg cache, do not complain, because
 	 * that's not critical at all as we can always proceed with the root
diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index 7e348cff814d898fee50d41ab7f14935be0d0e35..32175617cb75c13a4841be330c3631a78adaf5fa 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -264,13 +264,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_create);
  * kmem_cache_create_memcg - Create a cache for a memory cgroup.
  * @memcg: The memory cgroup the new cache is for.
  * @root_cache: The parent of the new cache.
+ * @memcg_name: The name of the memory cgroup (used for naming the new cache).
  *
  * This function attempts to create a kmem cache that will serve allocation
  * requests going from @memcg to @root_cache. The new cache inherits properties
  * from its parent.
  */
 struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
-					   struct kmem_cache *root_cache)
+					   struct kmem_cache *root_cache,
+					   const char *memcg_name)
 {
 	struct kmem_cache *s = NULL;
 	char *cache_name;
@@ -280,7 +282,8 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 
 	mutex_lock(&slab_mutex);
 
-	cache_name = memcg_create_cache_name(memcg, root_cache);
+	cache_name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s(%d:%s)", root_cache->name,
+			       memcg_cache_id(memcg), memcg_name);
 	if (!cache_name)
 		goto out_unlock;