diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 33d834a187e5..d7887888ce99 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -55,12 +55,6 @@ enum memcg_memory_event {
 	MEMCG_NR_MEMORY_EVENTS,
 };
 
-enum mem_cgroup_protection {
-	MEMCG_PROT_NONE,
-	MEMCG_PROT_LOW,
-	MEMCG_PROT_MIN,
-};
-
 struct mem_cgroup_reclaim_cookie {
 	pg_data_t *pgdat;
 	unsigned int generation;
@@ -413,8 +407,36 @@ static inline unsigned long mem_cgroup_protection(struct mem_cgroup *root,
 		   READ_ONCE(memcg->memory.elow));
 }
 
-enum mem_cgroup_protection mem_cgroup_protected(struct mem_cgroup *root,
-						struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
+void mem_cgroup_calculate_protection(struct mem_cgroup *root,
+				     struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
+
+static inline bool mem_cgroup_supports_protection(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The root memcg doesn't account charges, and doesn't support
+	 * protection.
+	 */
+	return !mem_cgroup_disabled() && !mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg);
+
+}
+
+static inline bool mem_cgroup_below_low(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+{
+	if (!mem_cgroup_supports_protection(memcg))
+		return false;
+
+	return READ_ONCE(memcg->memory.elow) >=
+		page_counter_read(&memcg->memory);
+}
+
+static inline bool mem_cgroup_below_min(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+{
+	if (!mem_cgroup_supports_protection(memcg))
+		return false;
+
+	return READ_ONCE(memcg->memory.emin) >=
+		page_counter_read(&memcg->memory);
+}
 
 int mem_cgroup_charge(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm, gfp_t gfp_mask);
 
@@ -943,10 +965,19 @@ static inline unsigned long mem_cgroup_protection(struct mem_cgroup *root,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline enum mem_cgroup_protection mem_cgroup_protected(
-	struct mem_cgroup *root, struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+static inline void mem_cgroup_calculate_protection(struct mem_cgroup *root,
+						   struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
-	return MEMCG_PROT_NONE;
+}
+
+static inline bool mem_cgroup_below_low(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
+static inline bool mem_cgroup_below_min(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+{
+	return false;
 }
 
 static inline int mem_cgroup_charge(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm,
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 21b620e36aa0..1f101078b217 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -6548,21 +6548,15 @@ static unsigned long effective_protection(unsigned long usage,
  *
  * WARNING: This function is not stateless! It can only be used as part
  *          of a top-down tree iteration, not for isolated queries.
- *
- * Returns one of the following:
- *   MEMCG_PROT_NONE: cgroup memory is not protected
- *   MEMCG_PROT_LOW: cgroup memory is protected as long there is
- *     an unprotected supply of reclaimable memory from other cgroups.
- *   MEMCG_PROT_MIN: cgroup memory is protected
  */
-enum mem_cgroup_protection mem_cgroup_protected(struct mem_cgroup *root,
-						struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+void mem_cgroup_calculate_protection(struct mem_cgroup *root,
+				     struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
 	unsigned long usage, parent_usage;
 	struct mem_cgroup *parent;
 
 	if (mem_cgroup_disabled())
-		return MEMCG_PROT_NONE;
+		return;
 
 	if (!root)
 		root = root_mem_cgroup;
@@ -6575,21 +6569,21 @@ enum mem_cgroup_protection mem_cgroup_protected(struct mem_cgroup *root,
 	 * that special casing.
 	 */
 	if (memcg == root)
-		return MEMCG_PROT_NONE;
+		return;
 
 	usage = page_counter_read(&memcg->memory);
 	if (!usage)
-		return MEMCG_PROT_NONE;
+		return;
 
 	parent = parent_mem_cgroup(memcg);
 	/* No parent means a non-hierarchical mode on v1 memcg */
 	if (!parent)
-		return MEMCG_PROT_NONE;
+		return;
 
 	if (parent == root) {
 		memcg->memory.emin = READ_ONCE(memcg->memory.min);
 		memcg->memory.elow = READ_ONCE(memcg->memory.low);
-		goto out;
+		return;
 	}
 
 	parent_usage = page_counter_read(&parent->memory);
@@ -6603,14 +6597,6 @@ enum mem_cgroup_protection mem_cgroup_protected(struct mem_cgroup *root,
 			READ_ONCE(memcg->memory.low),
 			READ_ONCE(parent->memory.elow),
 			atomic_long_read(&parent->memory.children_low_usage)));
-
-out:
-	if (usage <= memcg->memory.emin)
-		return MEMCG_PROT_MIN;
-	else if (usage <= memcg->memory.elow)
-		return MEMCG_PROT_LOW;
-	else
-		return MEMCG_PROT_NONE;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 89921a12acae..626bdde485b3 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2615,14 +2615,15 @@ static void shrink_node_memcgs(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct scan_control *sc)
 		unsigned long reclaimed;
 		unsigned long scanned;
 
-		switch (mem_cgroup_protected(target_memcg, memcg)) {
-		case MEMCG_PROT_MIN:
+		mem_cgroup_calculate_protection(target_memcg, memcg);
+
+		if (mem_cgroup_below_min(memcg)) {
 			/*
 			 * Hard protection.
 			 * If there is no reclaimable memory, OOM.
 			 */
 			continue;
-		case MEMCG_PROT_LOW:
+		} else if (mem_cgroup_below_low(memcg)) {
 			/*
 			 * Soft protection.
 			 * Respect the protection only as long as
@@ -2634,16 +2635,6 @@ static void shrink_node_memcgs(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct scan_control *sc)
 				continue;
 			}
 			memcg_memory_event(memcg, MEMCG_LOW);
-			break;
-		case MEMCG_PROT_NONE:
-			/*
-			 * All protection thresholds breached. We may
-			 * still choose to vary the scan pressure
-			 * applied based on by how much the cgroup in
-			 * question has exceeded its protection
-			 * thresholds (see get_scan_count).
-			 */
-			break;
 		}
 
 		reclaimed = sc->nr_reclaimed;
