diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index eeeb8e2cc36a..63fd980e863a 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ noinline int __add_to_page_cache_locked(struct page *page,
 	page->index = offset;
 
 	if (!huge) {
-		error = mem_cgroup_charge(page, current->mm, gfp);
+		error = mem_cgroup_charge(page, NULL, gfp);
 		if (error)
 			goto error;
 		charged = true;
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 668d1d7c2645..adc618814fd2 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -884,13 +884,38 @@ struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_from_task(struct task_struct *p)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mem_cgroup_from_task);
 
+static __always_inline struct mem_cgroup *active_memcg(void)
+{
+	if (in_interrupt())
+		return this_cpu_read(int_active_memcg);
+	else
+		return current->active_memcg;
+}
+
+static __always_inline struct mem_cgroup *get_active_memcg(void)
+{
+	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	memcg = active_memcg();
+	/* remote memcg must hold a ref. */
+	if (memcg && WARN_ON_ONCE(!css_tryget(&memcg->css)))
+		memcg = root_mem_cgroup;
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return memcg;
+}
+
 /**
  * get_mem_cgroup_from_mm: Obtain a reference on given mm_struct's memcg.
  * @mm: mm from which memcg should be extracted. It can be NULL.
  *
- * Obtain a reference on mm->memcg and returns it if successful. Otherwise
- * root_mem_cgroup is returned. However if mem_cgroup is disabled, NULL is
- * returned.
+ * Obtain a reference on mm->memcg and returns it if successful. If mm
+ * is NULL, then the memcg is chosen as follows:
+ * 1) The active memcg, if set.
+ * 2) current->mm->memcg, if available
+ * 3) root memcg
+ * If mem_cgroup is disabled, NULL is returned.
  */
 struct mem_cgroup *get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
@@ -899,13 +924,19 @@ struct mem_cgroup *get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	if (mem_cgroup_disabled())
 		return NULL;
 
+	/*
+	 * Page cache insertions can happen without an
+	 * actual mm context, e.g. during disk probing
+	 * on boot, loopback IO, acct() writes etc.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(!mm)) {
+		if (unlikely(active_memcg()))
+			return get_active_memcg();
+		mm = current->mm;
+	}
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	do {
-		/*
-		 * Page cache insertions can happen withou an
-		 * actual mm context, e.g. during disk probing
-		 * on boot, loopback IO, acct() writes etc.
-		 */
 		if (unlikely(!mm))
 			memcg = root_mem_cgroup;
 		else {
@@ -919,28 +950,6 @@ struct mem_cgroup *get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_mem_cgroup_from_mm);
 
-static __always_inline struct mem_cgroup *active_memcg(void)
-{
-	if (in_interrupt())
-		return this_cpu_read(int_active_memcg);
-	else
-		return current->active_memcg;
-}
-
-static __always_inline struct mem_cgroup *get_active_memcg(void)
-{
-	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
-
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	memcg = active_memcg();
-	/* remote memcg must hold a ref. */
-	if (memcg && WARN_ON_ONCE(!css_tryget(&memcg->css)))
-		memcg = root_mem_cgroup;
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-
-	return memcg;
-}
-
 static __always_inline bool memcg_kmem_bypass(void)
 {
 	/* Allow remote memcg charging from any context. */
@@ -6549,7 +6558,8 @@ static int __mem_cgroup_charge(struct page *page, struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
  * @gfp_mask: reclaim mode
  *
  * Try to charge @page to the memcg that @mm belongs to, reclaiming
- * pages according to @gfp_mask if necessary.
+ * pages according to @gfp_mask if necessary. if @mm is NULL, try to
+ * charge to the active memcg.
  *
  * Do not use this for pages allocated for swapin.
  *
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 78ab81a62b29..7c09276125d5 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1694,7 +1694,7 @@ static int shmem_swapin_page(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 	struct shmem_inode_info *info = SHMEM_I(inode);
-	struct mm_struct *charge_mm = vma ? vma->vm_mm : current->mm;
+	struct mm_struct *charge_mm = vma ? vma->vm_mm : NULL;
 	struct page *page;
 	swp_entry_t swap;
 	int error;
@@ -1815,7 +1815,7 @@ static int shmem_getpage_gfp(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
 	}
 
 	sbinfo = SHMEM_SB(inode->i_sb);
-	charge_mm = vma ? vma->vm_mm : current->mm;
+	charge_mm = vma ? vma->vm_mm : NULL;
 
 	page = pagecache_get_page(mapping, index,
 					FGP_ENTRY | FGP_HEAD | FGP_LOCK, 0);
