diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 9b648bd63451..23b5fa4cabd8 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -533,6 +533,9 @@ static int mem_cgroup_charge_common(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm,
 	unsigned long nr_retries = MEM_CGROUP_RECLAIM_RETRIES;
 	struct mem_cgroup_per_zone *mz;
 
+	if (mem_cgroup_subsys.disabled)
+		return 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * Should page_cgroup's go to their own slab?
 	 * One could optimize the performance of the charging routine
@@ -665,6 +668,9 @@ void mem_cgroup_uncharge_page(struct page *page)
 	struct mem_cgroup_per_zone *mz;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	if (mem_cgroup_subsys.disabled)
+		return;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check if our page_cgroup is valid
 	 */
@@ -705,6 +711,9 @@ int mem_cgroup_prepare_migration(struct page *page)
 {
 	struct page_cgroup *pc;
 
+	if (mem_cgroup_subsys.disabled)
+		return 0;
+
 	lock_page_cgroup(page);
 	pc = page_get_page_cgroup(page);
 	if (pc)
@@ -803,6 +812,9 @@ static int mem_cgroup_force_empty(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
 	int ret = -EBUSY;
 	int node, zid;
 
+	if (mem_cgroup_subsys.disabled)
+		return 0;
+
 	css_get(&mem->css);
 	/*
 	 * page reclaim code (kswapd etc..) will move pages between
@@ -1053,6 +1065,8 @@ static void mem_cgroup_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
 static int mem_cgroup_populate(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
 				struct cgroup *cont)
 {
+	if (mem_cgroup_subsys.disabled)
+		return 0;
 	return cgroup_add_files(cont, ss, mem_cgroup_files,
 					ARRAY_SIZE(mem_cgroup_files));
 }
@@ -1065,6 +1079,9 @@ static void mem_cgroup_move_task(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
 	struct mem_cgroup *mem, *old_mem;
 
+	if (mem_cgroup_subsys.disabled)
+		return;
+
 	mm = get_task_mm(p);
 	if (mm == NULL)
 		return;