diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 3b83957b6439..5ca1dcf77ce9 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -3121,7 +3121,7 @@ int memcg_update_cache_size(struct kmem_cache *s, int num_groups)
 		ssize_t size = memcg_caches_array_size(num_groups);
 
 		size *= sizeof(void *);
-		size += sizeof(struct memcg_cache_params);
+		size += offsetof(struct memcg_cache_params, memcg_caches);
 
 		s->memcg_params = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!s->memcg_params) {
@@ -3164,13 +3164,16 @@ int memcg_update_cache_size(struct kmem_cache *s, int num_groups)
 int memcg_register_cache(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct kmem_cache *s,
 			 struct kmem_cache *root_cache)
 {
-	size_t size = sizeof(struct memcg_cache_params);
+	size_t size;
 
 	if (!memcg_kmem_enabled())
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!memcg)
+	if (!memcg) {
+		size = offsetof(struct memcg_cache_params, memcg_caches);
 		size += memcg_limited_groups_array_size * sizeof(void *);
+	} else
+		size = sizeof(struct memcg_cache_params);
 
 	s->memcg_params = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!s->memcg_params)