diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index b3e7a667e03c24ca5c3d1c54c0db5c7b0bdde052..284daff507fbb8062351fedf4540c6a63a32e21a 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -497,8 +497,9 @@ void __memcg_kmem_commit_charge(struct page *page,
 void __memcg_kmem_uncharge_pages(struct page *page, int order);
 
 int memcg_cache_id(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
-int memcg_register_cache(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct kmem_cache *s,
-			 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);
 void memcg_release_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep);
 void memcg_cache_list_add(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct kmem_cache *cachep);
 
@@ -640,13 +641,16 @@ static inline int memcg_cache_id(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-static inline int
-memcg_register_cache(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct kmem_cache *s,
-		     struct kmem_cache *root_cache)
+static inline int memcg_alloc_cache_params(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+		struct kmem_cache *s, struct kmem_cache *root_cache)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline void memcg_free_cache_params(struct kmem_cache *s)
+{
+}
+
 static inline void memcg_release_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
 {
 }
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 72f2d90e7ef628685e214c8b6f2af89540e6347c..b8ebe71f872d7ad2715e24f922b287e430c22323 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -3231,8 +3231,8 @@ int memcg_update_cache_size(struct kmem_cache *s, int num_groups)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int memcg_register_cache(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct kmem_cache *s,
-			 struct kmem_cache *root_cache)
+int memcg_alloc_cache_params(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct kmem_cache *s,
+			     struct kmem_cache *root_cache)
 {
 	size_t size;
 
@@ -3260,6 +3260,11 @@ int memcg_register_cache(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct kmem_cache *s,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void memcg_free_cache_params(struct kmem_cache *s)
+{
+	kfree(s->memcg_params);
+}
+
 void memcg_release_cache(struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
 	struct kmem_cache *root;
@@ -3288,7 +3293,7 @@ void memcg_release_cache(struct kmem_cache *s)
 
 	css_put(&memcg->css);
 out:
-	kfree(s->memcg_params);
+	memcg_free_cache_params(s);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index f70df3ef6f1a1075e4ccc55d3bd84e4fd079ab45..70f9e249ac30c13d4f730fbeba323c8c545d1341 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ kmem_cache_create_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, const char *name, size_t size,
 	if (!s->name)
 		goto out_free_cache;
 
-	err = memcg_register_cache(memcg, s, parent_cache);
+	err = memcg_alloc_cache_params(memcg, s, parent_cache);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_free_cache;
 
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ kmem_cache_create_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, const char *name, size_t size,
 	return s;
 
 out_free_cache:
+	memcg_free_cache_params(s);
 	kfree(s->name);
 	kmem_cache_free(kmem_cache, s);
 	goto out_unlock;