diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 85c437b0cbc0a96292e57bd5ff0e23af16f79aed..15acc04ebdd38ec994feac9a515c4004425ac37e 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ enum mem_cgroup_events_target {
 
 struct cg_proto {
 	struct page_counter	memory_allocated;	/* Current allocated memory. */
-	struct percpu_counter	sockets_allocated;	/* Current number of sockets. */
 	int			memory_pressure;
 	bool			active;
 	long			sysctl_mem[3];
diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index d3b035c7362b9f96811e5e1e0f439f8589fb7f73..1f15937ec20843c670a97ee4c3afd2e32b48b915 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -1098,19 +1098,9 @@ static inline void sk_refcnt_debug_release(const struct sock *sk)
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM) && defined(CONFIG_NET)
 extern struct static_key memcg_socket_limit_enabled;
-static inline struct cg_proto *parent_cg_proto(struct proto *proto,
-					       struct cg_proto *cg_proto)
-{
-	return proto->proto_cgroup(parent_mem_cgroup(cg_proto->memcg));
-}
 #define mem_cgroup_sockets_enabled static_key_false(&memcg_socket_limit_enabled)
 #else
 #define mem_cgroup_sockets_enabled 0
-static inline struct cg_proto *parent_cg_proto(struct proto *proto,
-					       struct cg_proto *cg_proto)
-{
-	return NULL;
-}
 #endif
 
 static inline bool sk_stream_memory_free(const struct sock *sk)
@@ -1236,41 +1226,18 @@ sk_memory_allocated_sub(struct sock *sk, int amt)
 
 static inline void sk_sockets_allocated_dec(struct sock *sk)
 {
-	struct proto *prot = sk->sk_prot;
-
-	if (mem_cgroup_sockets_enabled && sk->sk_cgrp) {
-		struct cg_proto *cg_proto = sk->sk_cgrp;
-
-		for (; cg_proto; cg_proto = parent_cg_proto(prot, cg_proto))
-			percpu_counter_dec(&cg_proto->sockets_allocated);
-	}
-
-	percpu_counter_dec(prot->sockets_allocated);
+	percpu_counter_dec(sk->sk_prot->sockets_allocated);
 }
 
 static inline void sk_sockets_allocated_inc(struct sock *sk)
 {
-	struct proto *prot = sk->sk_prot;
-
-	if (mem_cgroup_sockets_enabled && sk->sk_cgrp) {
-		struct cg_proto *cg_proto = sk->sk_cgrp;
-
-		for (; cg_proto; cg_proto = parent_cg_proto(prot, cg_proto))
-			percpu_counter_inc(&cg_proto->sockets_allocated);
-	}
-
-	percpu_counter_inc(prot->sockets_allocated);
+	percpu_counter_inc(sk->sk_prot->sockets_allocated);
 }
 
 static inline int
 sk_sockets_allocated_read_positive(struct sock *sk)
 {
-	struct proto *prot = sk->sk_prot;
-
-	if (mem_cgroup_sockets_enabled && sk->sk_cgrp)
-		return percpu_counter_read_positive(&sk->sk_cgrp->sockets_allocated);
-
-	return percpu_counter_read_positive(prot->sockets_allocated);
+	return percpu_counter_read_positive(sk->sk_prot->sockets_allocated);
 }
 
 static inline int
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_memcontrol.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_memcontrol.c
index d07579ada0014952394aa0a52c678757cff038a8..6759e0d6bba1b52815a5517ed4f71d5dd5d9aa0d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_memcontrol.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_memcontrol.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ int tcp_init_cgroup(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 		counter_parent = &parent_cg->memory_allocated;
 
 	page_counter_init(&cg_proto->memory_allocated, counter_parent);
-	percpu_counter_init(&cg_proto->sockets_allocated, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -46,8 +45,6 @@ void tcp_destroy_cgroup(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 	if (!cg_proto)
 		return;
 
-	percpu_counter_destroy(&cg_proto->sockets_allocated);
-
 	if (cg_proto->active)
 		static_key_slow_dec(&memcg_socket_limit_enabled);