diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 76f513cc1b0e..2bd7541d7c11 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -4138,17 +4138,22 @@ static void free_mem_cgroup_per_node_info(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int node)
 	kfree(memcg->nodeinfo[node]);
 }
 
-static void mem_cgroup_free(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+static void __mem_cgroup_free(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
 	int node;
 
-	memcg_wb_domain_exit(memcg);
 	for_each_node(node)
 		free_mem_cgroup_per_node_info(memcg, node);
 	free_percpu(memcg->stat);
 	kfree(memcg);
 }
 
+static void mem_cgroup_free(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+{
+	memcg_wb_domain_exit(memcg);
+	__mem_cgroup_free(memcg);
+}
+
 static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_alloc(void)
 {
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
@@ -4199,7 +4204,7 @@ static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_alloc(void)
 fail:
 	if (memcg->id.id > 0)
 		idr_remove(&mem_cgroup_idr, memcg->id.id);
-	mem_cgroup_free(memcg);
+	__mem_cgroup_free(memcg);
 	return NULL;
 }