diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index cc57367fb641..e3561d486bdb 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -269,15 +269,13 @@ void __inode_attach_wb(struct inode *inode, struct folio *folio)
 	if (inode_cgwb_enabled(inode)) {
 		struct cgroup_subsys_state *memcg_css;
 
-		if (folio) {
-			memcg_css = mem_cgroup_css_from_folio(folio);
-			wb = wb_get_create(bdi, memcg_css, GFP_ATOMIC);
-		} else {
-			/* must pin memcg_css, see wb_get_create() */
+		/* must pin memcg_css, see wb_get_create() */
+		if (folio)
+			memcg_css = get_mem_cgroup_css_from_folio(folio);
+		else
 			memcg_css = task_get_css(current, memory_cgrp_id);
-			wb = wb_get_create(bdi, memcg_css, GFP_ATOMIC);
-			css_put(memcg_css);
-		}
+		wb = wb_get_create(bdi, memcg_css, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		css_put(memcg_css);
 	}
 
 	if (!wb)
@@ -929,16 +927,16 @@ void wbc_account_cgroup_owner(struct writeback_control *wbc, struct folio *folio
 	if (!wbc->wb || wbc->no_cgroup_owner)
 		return;
 
-	css = mem_cgroup_css_from_folio(folio);
+	css = get_mem_cgroup_css_from_folio(folio);
 	/* dead cgroups shouldn't contribute to inode ownership arbitration */
 	if (!(css->flags & CSS_ONLINE))
-		return;
+		goto out;
 
 	id = css->id;
 
 	if (id == wbc->wb_id) {
 		wbc->wb_bytes += bytes;
-		return;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	if (id == wbc->wb_lcand_id)
@@ -951,6 +949,8 @@ void wbc_account_cgroup_owner(struct writeback_control *wbc, struct folio *folio
 		wbc->wb_tcand_bytes += bytes;
 	else
 		wbc->wb_tcand_bytes -= min(bytes, wbc->wb_tcand_bytes);
+out:
+	css_put(css);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wbc_account_cgroup_owner);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index e74922d5755d..a9ef2087c735 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ static inline bool mm_match_cgroup(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	return match;
 }
 
-struct cgroup_subsys_state *mem_cgroup_css_from_folio(struct folio *folio);
+struct cgroup_subsys_state *get_mem_cgroup_css_from_folio(struct folio *folio);
 ino_t page_cgroup_ino(struct page *page);
 
 static inline bool mem_cgroup_online(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
@@ -1594,9 +1594,14 @@ static inline void mem_cgroup_track_foreign_dirty(struct folio *folio,
 	if (mem_cgroup_disabled())
 		return;
 
+	if (!folio_memcg_charged(folio))
+		return;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	memcg = folio_memcg(folio);
-	if (unlikely(memcg && &memcg->css != wb->memcg_css))
+	if (unlikely(&memcg->css != wb->memcg_css))
 		mem_cgroup_track_foreign_dirty_slowpath(folio, wb);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 void mem_cgroup_flush_foreign(struct bdi_writeback *wb);
diff --git a/include/trace/events/writeback.h b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
index 0ff388131fc9..99665c79856b 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/writeback.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
@@ -266,7 +266,10 @@ TRACE_EVENT(track_foreign_dirty,
 		__entry->ino		= inode ? inode->i_ino : 0;
 		__entry->memcg_id	= wb->memcg_css->id;
 		__entry->cgroup_ino	= __trace_wb_assign_cgroup(wb);
+
+		rcu_read_lock();
 		__entry->page_cgroup_ino = cgroup_ino(folio_memcg(folio)->css.cgroup);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 	),
 
 	TP_printk("bdi %s[%llu]: ino=%lu memcg_id=%u cgroup_ino=%lu page_cgroup_ino=%lu",
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 4802ce1f49a4..09ecb5cb78f2 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(memcg_bpf_enabled_key);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcg_bpf_enabled_key);
 
 /**
- * mem_cgroup_css_from_folio - css of the memcg associated with a folio
+ * get_mem_cgroup_css_from_folio - acquire a css of the memcg associated with a folio
  * @folio: folio of interest
  *
  * If memcg is bound to the default hierarchy, css of the memcg associated
@@ -239,14 +239,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcg_bpf_enabled_key);
  * If memcg is bound to a traditional hierarchy, the css of root_mem_cgroup
  * is returned.
  */
-struct cgroup_subsys_state *mem_cgroup_css_from_folio(struct folio *folio)
+struct cgroup_subsys_state *get_mem_cgroup_css_from_folio(struct folio *folio)
 {
-	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = folio_memcg(folio);
+	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
 
-	if (!memcg || !cgroup_subsys_on_dfl(memory_cgrp_subsys))
-		memcg = root_mem_cgroup;
+	if (!cgroup_subsys_on_dfl(memory_cgrp_subsys))
+		return &root_mem_cgroup->css;
 
-	return &memcg->css;
+	memcg = get_mem_cgroup_from_folio(folio);
+
+	return memcg ? &memcg->css : &root_mem_cgroup->css;
 }
 
 /**
