1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index 1ec3c619ba04..e77b51eb7347 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -200,9 +200,11 @@ kmem_cache_create_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, const char *name, size_t size,
          */
         flags &= CACHE_CREATE_MASK;
 
-        s = __kmem_cache_alias(memcg, name, size, align, flags, ctor);
-        if (s)
-                goto out_unlock;
+        if (!memcg) {
+                s = __kmem_cache_alias(name, size, align, flags, ctor);
+                if (s)
+                        goto out_unlock;
+        }
 
         err = -ENOMEM;
         s = kmem_cache_zalloc(kmem_cache, GFP_KERNEL);