diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 20be0db291fe..e1f8960f5cf6 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ static int expand_one_shrinker_info(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 
 	for_each_node(nid) {
 		old = rcu_dereference_protected(
-			mem_cgroup_nodeinfo(memcg, nid)->shrinker_info, true);
+			mem_cgroup_nodeinfo(memcg, nid)->shrinker_info,
+			lockdep_is_held(&shrinker_rwsem));
 		/* Not yet online memcg */
 		if (!old)
 			return 0;
@@ -239,7 +240,8 @@ void free_shrinker_info(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 
 	for_each_node(nid) {
 		pn = mem_cgroup_nodeinfo(memcg, nid);
-		info = rcu_dereference_protected(pn->shrinker_info, true);
+		info = rcu_dereference_protected(pn->shrinker_info,
+						 lockdep_is_held(&shrinker_rwsem));
 		if (info)
 			kvfree(info);
 		rcu_assign_pointer(pn->shrinker_info, NULL);
@@ -360,6 +362,27 @@ static void unregister_memcg_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 	up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
 }
 
+static long count_nr_deferred_memcg(int nid, struct shrinker *shrinker,
+				    struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+{
+	struct shrinker_info *info;
+
+	info = rcu_dereference_protected(memcg->nodeinfo[nid]->shrinker_info,
+					 lockdep_is_held(&shrinker_rwsem));
+	return atomic_long_xchg(&info->nr_deferred[shrinker->id], 0);
+}
+
+static long set_nr_deferred_memcg(long nr, int nid, struct shrinker *shrinker,
+				  struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+{
+	struct shrinker_info *info;
+
+	info = rcu_dereference_protected(memcg->nodeinfo[nid]->shrinker_info,
+					 lockdep_is_held(&shrinker_rwsem));
+
+	return atomic_long_add_return(nr, &info->nr_deferred[shrinker->id]);
+}
+
 static bool cgroup_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc)
 {
 	return sc->target_mem_cgroup;
@@ -398,6 +421,18 @@ static void unregister_memcg_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 {
 }
 
+static long count_nr_deferred_memcg(int nid, struct shrinker *shrinker,
+				    struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static long set_nr_deferred_memcg(long nr, int nid, struct shrinker *shrinker,
+				  struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static bool cgroup_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc)
 {
 	return false;
@@ -409,6 +444,39 @@ static bool writeback_throttling_sane(struct scan_control *sc)
 }
 #endif
 
+static long count_nr_deferred(struct shrinker *shrinker,
+			      struct shrink_control *sc)
+{
+	int nid = sc->nid;
+
+	if (!(shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_NUMA_AWARE))
+		nid = 0;
+
+	if (sc->memcg &&
+	    (shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_MEMCG_AWARE))
+		return count_nr_deferred_memcg(nid, shrinker,
+					       sc->memcg);
+
+	return atomic_long_xchg(&shrinker->nr_deferred[nid], 0);
+}
+
+
+static long set_nr_deferred(long nr, struct shrinker *shrinker,
+			    struct shrink_control *sc)
+{
+	int nid = sc->nid;
+
+	if (!(shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_NUMA_AWARE))
+		nid = 0;
+
+	if (sc->memcg &&
+	    (shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_MEMCG_AWARE))
+		return set_nr_deferred_memcg(nr, nid, shrinker,
+					     sc->memcg);
+
+	return atomic_long_add_return(nr, &shrinker->nr_deferred[nid]);
+}
+
 /*
  * This misses isolated pages which are not accounted for to save counters.
  * As the data only determines if reclaim or compaction continues, it is
@@ -545,14 +613,10 @@ static unsigned long do_shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl,
 	long freeable;
 	long nr;
 	long new_nr;
-	int nid = shrinkctl->nid;
 	long batch_size = shrinker->batch ? shrinker->batch
 					  : SHRINK_BATCH;
 	long scanned = 0, next_deferred;
 
-	if (!(shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_NUMA_AWARE))
-		nid = 0;
-
 	freeable = shrinker->count_objects(shrinker, shrinkctl);
 	if (freeable == 0 || freeable == SHRINK_EMPTY)
 		return freeable;
@@ -562,7 +626,7 @@ static unsigned long do_shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl,
 	 * and zero it so that other concurrent shrinker invocations
 	 * don't also do this scanning work.
 	 */
-	nr = atomic_long_xchg(&shrinker->nr_deferred[nid], 0);
+	nr = count_nr_deferred(shrinker, shrinkctl);
 
 	total_scan = nr;
 	if (shrinker->seeks) {
@@ -653,14 +717,9 @@ static unsigned long do_shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl,
 		next_deferred = 0;
 	/*
 	 * move the unused scan count back into the shrinker in a
-	 * manner that handles concurrent updates. If we exhausted the
-	 * scan, there is no need to do an update.
+	 * manner that handles concurrent updates.
 	 */
-	if (next_deferred > 0)
-		new_nr = atomic_long_add_return(next_deferred,
-						&shrinker->nr_deferred[nid]);
-	else
-		new_nr = atomic_long_read(&shrinker->nr_deferred[nid]);
+	new_nr = set_nr_deferred(next_deferred, shrinker, shrinkctl);
 
 	trace_mm_shrink_slab_end(shrinker, shrinkctl->nid, freed, nr, new_nr, total_scan);
 	return freed;
