diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 31ab9c3f0178..b659260c56ad 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -4507,6 +4507,12 @@ static void mem_cgroup_usage_unregister_event(struct cgroup *cgrp,
 swap_buffers:
 	/* Swap primary and spare array */
 	thresholds->spare = thresholds->primary;
+	/* If all events are unregistered, free the spare array */
+	if (!new) {
+		kfree(thresholds->spare);
+		thresholds->spare = NULL;
+	}
+
 	rcu_assign_pointer(thresholds->primary, new);
 
 	/* To be sure that nobody uses thresholds */