diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 931e38c6f0953995a929629c9cac498bbcd1fd65..194721839cf5d303a0de2b4df611b700db895043 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1199,7 +1199,6 @@ struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_iter(struct mem_cgroup *root,
 
 			mz = mem_cgroup_zoneinfo(root, nid, zid);
 			iter = &mz->reclaim_iter[reclaim->priority];
-			last_visited = iter->last_visited;
 			if (prev && reclaim->generation != iter->generation) {
 				iter->last_visited = NULL;
 				goto out_unlock;
@@ -1218,13 +1217,12 @@ struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_iter(struct mem_cgroup *root,
 			 * is alive.
 			 */
 			dead_count = atomic_read(&root->dead_count);
-			smp_rmb();
-			last_visited = iter->last_visited;
-			if (last_visited) {
-				if ((dead_count != iter->last_dead_count) ||
-					!css_tryget(&last_visited->css)) {
+			if (dead_count == iter->last_dead_count) {
+				smp_rmb();
+				last_visited = iter->last_visited;
+				if (last_visited &&
+				    !css_tryget(&last_visited->css))
 					last_visited = NULL;
-				}
 			}
 		}