diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 90ecd2dbca06..e21a1541adeb 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ struct mem_cgroup_id {
 };
 
 struct memcg_vmstats_percpu;
+struct memcg1_events_percpu;
 struct memcg_vmstats;
 struct lruvec_stats_percpu;
 struct lruvec_stats;
@@ -254,6 +255,7 @@ struct mem_cgroup {
 	struct list_head objcg_list;
 
 	struct memcg_vmstats_percpu __percpu *vmstats_percpu;
+	struct memcg1_events_percpu __percpu *events_percpu;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
 	struct list_head cgwb_list;
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol-v1.h b/mm/memcontrol-v1.h
index 56d7eaa98274..8feccecf8e2a 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol-v1.h
+++ b/mm/memcontrol-v1.h
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ enum mem_cgroup_events_target {
 	MEM_CGROUP_NTARGETS,
 };
 
+/* Cgroup1: threshold notifications & softlimit tree updates */
+struct memcg1_events_percpu {
+	unsigned long nr_page_events;
+	unsigned long targets[MEM_CGROUP_NTARGETS];
+};
+
 bool mem_cgroup_event_ratelimit(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 				enum mem_cgroup_events_target target);
 unsigned long mem_cgroup_usage(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, bool swap);
@@ -69,6 +75,19 @@ unsigned long memcg_page_state_output(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int item);
 unsigned long memcg_page_state_local_output(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int item);
 int memory_stat_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v);
 
+static inline bool memcg1_alloc_events(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+{
+	memcg->events_percpu = alloc_percpu_gfp(struct memcg1_events_percpu,
+						GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
+	return !!memcg->events_percpu;
+}
+
+static inline void memcg1_free_events(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+{
+	if (memcg->events_percpu)
+		free_percpu(memcg->events_percpu);
+}
+
 /* Cgroup v1-specific declarations */
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_V1
 void memcg1_memcg_init(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index dacf4fec4541..66d60bb56f91 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -485,10 +485,6 @@ struct memcg_vmstats_percpu {
 	/* Delta calculation for lockless upward propagation */
 	long			state_prev[MEMCG_VMSTAT_SIZE];
 	unsigned long		events_prev[NR_MEMCG_EVENTS];
-
-	/* Cgroup1: threshold notifications & softlimit tree updates */
-	unsigned long		nr_page_events;
-	unsigned long		targets[MEM_CGROUP_NTARGETS];
 } ____cacheline_aligned;
 
 struct memcg_vmstats {
@@ -865,7 +861,7 @@ void mem_cgroup_charge_statistics(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int nr_pages)
 		nr_pages = -nr_pages; /* for event */
 	}
 
-	__this_cpu_add(memcg->vmstats_percpu->nr_page_events, nr_pages);
+	__this_cpu_add(memcg->events_percpu->nr_page_events, nr_pages);
 }
 
 bool mem_cgroup_event_ratelimit(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
@@ -873,8 +869,8 @@ bool mem_cgroup_event_ratelimit(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 {
 	unsigned long val, next;
 
-	val = __this_cpu_read(memcg->vmstats_percpu->nr_page_events);
-	next = __this_cpu_read(memcg->vmstats_percpu->targets[target]);
+	val = __this_cpu_read(memcg->events_percpu->nr_page_events);
+	next = __this_cpu_read(memcg->events_percpu->targets[target]);
 	/* from time_after() in jiffies.h */
 	if ((long)(next - val) < 0) {
 		switch (target) {
@@ -887,7 +883,7 @@ bool mem_cgroup_event_ratelimit(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 		default:
 			break;
 		}
-		__this_cpu_write(memcg->vmstats_percpu->targets[target], next);
+		__this_cpu_write(memcg->events_percpu->targets[target], next);
 		return true;
 	}
 	return false;
@@ -3510,6 +3506,7 @@ static void __mem_cgroup_free(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 
 	for_each_node(node)
 		free_mem_cgroup_per_node_info(memcg, node);
+	memcg1_free_events(memcg);
 	kfree(memcg->vmstats);
 	free_percpu(memcg->vmstats_percpu);
 	kfree(memcg);
@@ -3549,6 +3546,9 @@ static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_alloc(struct mem_cgroup *parent)
 	if (!memcg->vmstats_percpu)
 		goto fail;
 
+	if (!memcg1_alloc_events(memcg))
+		goto fail;
+
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
 		if (parent)
 			pstatc = per_cpu_ptr(parent->vmstats_percpu, cpu);
@@ -4664,7 +4664,7 @@ static void uncharge_batch(const struct uncharge_gather *ug)
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	__count_memcg_events(ug->memcg, PGPGOUT, ug->pgpgout);
-	__this_cpu_add(ug->memcg->vmstats_percpu->nr_page_events, ug->nr_memory);
+	__this_cpu_add(ug->memcg->events_percpu->nr_page_events, ug->nr_memory);
 	memcg1_check_events(ug->memcg, ug->nid);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 
