diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index f90e43c1499f0c79b03e89af5979caee63b30011..3a628435f36a826a82e34cb037a60a483c1ec19e 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -634,8 +634,6 @@ static void disarm_static_keys(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 	disarm_kmem_keys(memcg);
 }
 
-static void drain_all_stock_async(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
-
 static struct mem_cgroup_per_zone *
 mem_cgroup_zone_zoneinfo(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct zone *zone)
 {
@@ -2302,13 +2300,15 @@ static void refill_stock(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned int nr_pages)
 
 /*
  * Drains all per-CPU charge caches for given root_memcg resp. subtree
- * of the hierarchy under it. sync flag says whether we should block
- * until the work is done.
+ * of the hierarchy under it.
  */
-static void drain_all_stock(struct mem_cgroup *root_memcg, bool sync)
+static void drain_all_stock(struct mem_cgroup *root_memcg)
 {
 	int cpu, curcpu;
 
+	/* If someone's already draining, avoid adding running more workers. */
+	if (!mutex_trylock(&percpu_charge_mutex))
+		return;
 	/* Notify other cpus that system-wide "drain" is running */
 	get_online_cpus();
 	curcpu = get_cpu();
@@ -2329,41 +2329,7 @@ static void drain_all_stock(struct mem_cgroup *root_memcg, bool sync)
 		}
 	}
 	put_cpu();
-
-	if (!sync)
-		goto out;
-
-	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
-		struct memcg_stock_pcp *stock = &per_cpu(memcg_stock, cpu);
-		if (test_bit(FLUSHING_CACHED_CHARGE, &stock->flags))
-			flush_work(&stock->work);
-	}
-out:
 	put_online_cpus();
-}
-
-/*
- * Tries to drain stocked charges in other cpus. This function is asynchronous
- * and just put a work per cpu for draining localy on each cpu. Caller can
- * expects some charges will be back later but cannot wait for it.
- */
-static void drain_all_stock_async(struct mem_cgroup *root_memcg)
-{
-	/*
-	 * If someone calls draining, avoid adding more kworker runs.
-	 */
-	if (!mutex_trylock(&percpu_charge_mutex))
-		return;
-	drain_all_stock(root_memcg, false);
-	mutex_unlock(&percpu_charge_mutex);
-}
-
-/* This is a synchronous drain interface. */
-static void drain_all_stock_sync(struct mem_cgroup *root_memcg)
-{
-	/* called when force_empty is called */
-	mutex_lock(&percpu_charge_mutex);
-	drain_all_stock(root_memcg, true);
 	mutex_unlock(&percpu_charge_mutex);
 }
 
@@ -2472,7 +2438,7 @@ static int try_charge(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 		goto retry;
 
 	if (!drained) {
-		drain_all_stock_async(mem_over_limit);
+		drain_all_stock(mem_over_limit);
 		drained = true;
 		goto retry;
 	}