diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index a498a7368cff..b8dcf4047f05 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -346,6 +346,8 @@ extern struct mem_cgroup *root_mem_cgroup;
 enum page_memcg_flags {
 	/* page->memcg_data is a pointer to an objcgs vector */
 	PG_MEMCG_OBJ_CGROUPS,
+	/* page has been accounted as a non-slab kernel page */
+	PG_MEMCG_KMEM,
 	/* the next bit after the last actual flag */
 	PG_MEMCG_LAST_FLAG,
 };
@@ -363,8 +365,12 @@ enum page_memcg_flags {
  */
 static inline struct mem_cgroup *page_mem_cgroup(struct page *page)
 {
+	unsigned long memcg_data = page->memcg_data;
+
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageSlab(page), page);
-	return (struct mem_cgroup *)page->memcg_data;
+	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(test_bit(PG_MEMCG_OBJ_CGROUPS, &memcg_data), page);
+
+	return (struct mem_cgroup *)(memcg_data & ~MEMCG_FLAGS_MASK);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -383,7 +389,7 @@ static inline struct mem_cgroup *page_mem_cgroup_check(struct page *page)
 	if (test_bit(PG_MEMCG_OBJ_CGROUPS, &memcg_data))
 		return NULL;
 
-	return (struct mem_cgroup *)memcg_data;
+	return (struct mem_cgroup *)(memcg_data & ~MEMCG_FLAGS_MASK);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -412,6 +418,36 @@ static inline void clear_page_mem_cgroup(struct page *page)
 	page->memcg_data = 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * PageMemcgKmem - check if the page has MemcgKmem flag set
+ * @page: a pointer to the page struct
+ *
+ * Checks if the page has MemcgKmem flag set. The caller must ensure that
+ * the page has an associated memory cgroup. It's not safe to call this function
+ * against some types of pages, e.g. slab pages.
+ */
+static inline bool PageMemcgKmem(struct page *page)
+{
+	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(test_bit(PG_MEMCG_OBJ_CGROUPS, &page->memcg_data), page);
+	return test_bit(PG_MEMCG_KMEM, &page->memcg_data);
+}
+
+/*
+ * SetPageMemcgKmem - set the page's MemcgKmem flag
+ * @page: a pointer to the page struct
+ *
+ * Set the page's MemcgKmem flag. The caller must ensure that the page has
+ * an associated memory cgroup. It's not safe to call this function
+ * against some types of pages, e.g. slab pages.
+ */
+static inline void SetPageMemcgKmem(struct page *page)
+{
+	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!page->memcg_data, page);
+	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(test_bit(PG_MEMCG_OBJ_CGROUPS, &page->memcg_data), page);
+	__set_bit(PG_MEMCG_KMEM, &page->memcg_data);
+}
+
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
 /*
  * page_obj_cgroups - get the object cgroups vector associated with a page
@@ -429,6 +465,7 @@ static inline struct obj_cgroup **page_obj_cgroups(struct page *page)
 
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(memcg_data && !test_bit(PG_MEMCG_OBJ_CGROUPS,
 					       &memcg_data), page);
+	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(test_bit(PG_MEMCG_KMEM, &memcg_data), page);
 
 	return (struct obj_cgroup **)(memcg_data & ~MEMCG_FLAGS_MASK);
 }
@@ -445,8 +482,10 @@ static inline struct obj_cgroup **page_obj_cgroups_check(struct page *page)
 {
 	unsigned long memcg_data = page->memcg_data;
 
-	if (memcg_data && test_bit(PG_MEMCG_OBJ_CGROUPS, &memcg_data))
+	if (memcg_data && test_bit(PG_MEMCG_OBJ_CGROUPS, &memcg_data)) {
+		VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(test_bit(PG_MEMCG_KMEM, &memcg_data), page);
 		return (struct obj_cgroup **)(memcg_data & ~MEMCG_FLAGS_MASK);
+	}
 
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -1118,6 +1157,15 @@ static inline void clear_page_mem_cgroup(struct page *page)
 {
 }
 
+static inline bool PageMemcgKmem(struct page *page)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
+static inline void SetPageMemcgKmem(struct page *page)
+{
+}
+
 static inline bool mem_cgroup_is_root(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
 	return true;
diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
index fbbb841a9346..a7ca01ae78d9 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
@@ -712,9 +712,8 @@ PAGEFLAG_FALSE(DoubleMap)
 #define PAGE_MAPCOUNT_RESERVE	-128
 #define PG_buddy	0x00000080
 #define PG_offline	0x00000100
-#define PG_kmemcg	0x00000200
-#define PG_table	0x00000400
-#define PG_guard	0x00000800
+#define PG_table	0x00000200
+#define PG_guard	0x00000400
 
 #define PageType(page, flag)						\
 	((page->page_type & (PAGE_TYPE_BASE | flag)) == PAGE_TYPE_BASE)
@@ -765,12 +764,6 @@ PAGE_TYPE_OPS(Buddy, buddy)
  */
 PAGE_TYPE_OPS(Offline, offline)
 
-/*
- * If kmemcg is enabled, the buddy allocator will set PageKmemcg() on
- * pages allocated with __GFP_ACCOUNT. It gets cleared on page free.
- */
-PAGE_TYPE_OPS(Kmemcg, kmemcg)
-
 /*
  * Marks pages in use as page tables.
  */
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 69e3dbb3d2cf..1d22fa4c4a88 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -3081,7 +3081,7 @@ int __memcg_kmem_charge_page(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp, int order)
 		ret = __memcg_kmem_charge(memcg, gfp, 1 << order);
 		if (!ret) {
 			set_page_mem_cgroup(page, memcg);
-			__SetPageKmemcg(page);
+			SetPageMemcgKmem(page);
 			return 0;
 		}
 		css_put(&memcg->css);
@@ -3106,10 +3106,6 @@ void __memcg_kmem_uncharge_page(struct page *page, int order)
 	__memcg_kmem_uncharge(memcg, nr_pages);
 	clear_page_mem_cgroup(page);
 	css_put(&memcg->css);
-
-	/* slab pages do not have PageKmemcg flag set */
-	if (PageKmemcg(page))
-		__ClearPageKmemcg(page);
 }
 
 static bool consume_obj_stock(struct obj_cgroup *objcg, unsigned int nr_bytes)
@@ -6890,12 +6886,10 @@ static void uncharge_page(struct page *page, struct uncharge_gather *ug)
 	nr_pages = compound_nr(page);
 	ug->nr_pages += nr_pages;
 
-	if (!PageKmemcg(page)) {
-		ug->pgpgout++;
-	} else {
+	if (PageMemcgKmem(page))
 		ug->nr_kmem += nr_pages;
-		__ClearPageKmemcg(page);
-	}
+	else
+		ug->pgpgout++;
 
 	ug->dummy_page = page;
 	clear_page_mem_cgroup(page);
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index d4d181e15e7c..6807e37d78ba 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1197,7 +1197,7 @@ static __always_inline bool free_pages_prepare(struct page *page,
 	}
 	if (PageMappingFlags(page))
 		page->mapping = NULL;
-	if (memcg_kmem_enabled() && PageKmemcg(page))
+	if (memcg_kmem_enabled() && PageMemcgKmem(page))
 		__memcg_kmem_uncharge_page(page, order);
 	if (check_free)
 		bad += check_free_page(page);
