diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 9fe07692eaad..b34ef4a32a3b 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -5232,7 +5232,9 @@ static void mem_cgroup_bind(struct cgroup_subsys_state *root_css)
 	 * on for the root memcg is enough.
 	 */
 	if (cgroup_on_dfl(root_css->cgroup))
-		mem_cgroup_from_css(root_css)->use_hierarchy = true;
+		root_mem_cgroup->use_hierarchy = true;
+	else
+		root_mem_cgroup->use_hierarchy = false;
 }
 
 static u64 memory_current_read(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,