diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 5de0a9035b5f..da15b686caa8 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -2772,8 +2772,10 @@ static void memcg_schedule_kmem_cache_create(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 		return;
 
 	cw = kmalloc(sizeof(*cw), GFP_NOWAIT | __GFP_NOWARN);
-	if (!cw)
+	if (!cw) {
+		css_put(&memcg->css);
 		return;
+	}
 
 	cw->memcg = memcg;
 	cw->cachep = cachep;