diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index ae703ea3ef48..8faca7b52543 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -705,6 +705,7 @@ static inline unsigned long lruvec_page_state_local(struct lruvec *lruvec,
 void __mod_lruvec_state(struct lruvec *lruvec, enum node_stat_item idx,
 			int val);
 void __mod_lruvec_slab_state(void *p, enum node_stat_item idx, int val);
+void mod_memcg_obj_state(void *p, int idx, int val);
 
 static inline void mod_lruvec_state(struct lruvec *lruvec,
 				    enum node_stat_item idx, int val)
@@ -1128,6 +1129,10 @@ static inline void __mod_lruvec_slab_state(void *p, enum node_stat_item idx,
 	__mod_node_page_state(page_pgdat(page), idx, val);
 }
 
+static inline void mod_memcg_obj_state(void *p, int idx, int val)
+{
+}
+
 static inline
 unsigned long mem_cgroup_soft_limit_reclaim(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order,
 					    gfp_t gfp_mask,
@@ -1432,6 +1437,8 @@ static inline int memcg_cache_id(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 	return memcg ? memcg->kmemcg_id : -1;
 }
 
+struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_from_obj(void *p);
+
 #else
 
 static inline int memcg_kmem_charge(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp, int order)
@@ -1473,6 +1480,11 @@ static inline void memcg_put_cache_ids(void)
 {
 }
 
+static inline struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_from_obj(void *p)
+{
+       return NULL;
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM */
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_MEMCONTROL_H */
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 755d8160e001..27c0ef30002e 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -394,8 +394,8 @@ static void account_kernel_stack(struct task_struct *tsk, int account)
 		mod_zone_page_state(page_zone(first_page), NR_KERNEL_STACK_KB,
 				    THREAD_SIZE / 1024 * account);
 
-		mod_memcg_page_state(first_page, MEMCG_KERNEL_STACK_KB,
-				     account * (THREAD_SIZE / 1024));
+		mod_memcg_obj_state(stack, MEMCG_KERNEL_STACK_KB,
+				    account * (THREAD_SIZE / 1024));
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index d804efb372e2..5d0575d633d2 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -786,6 +786,17 @@ void __mod_lruvec_slab_state(void *p, enum node_stat_item idx, int val)
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
+void mod_memcg_obj_state(void *p, int idx, int val)
+{
+	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	memcg = mem_cgroup_from_obj(p);
+	if (memcg)
+		mod_memcg_state(memcg, idx, val);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+
 /**
  * __count_memcg_events - account VM events in a cgroup
  * @memcg: the memory cgroup
@@ -2778,6 +2789,33 @@ static void commit_charge(struct page *page, struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
+/*
+ * Returns a pointer to the memory cgroup to which the kernel object is charged.
+ *
+ * The caller must ensure the memcg lifetime, e.g. by taking rcu_read_lock(),
+ * cgroup_mutex, etc.
+ */
+struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_from_obj(void *p)
+{
+	struct page *page;
+
+	if (mem_cgroup_disabled())
+		return NULL;
+
+	page = virt_to_head_page(p);
+
+	/*
+	 * Slab pages don't have page->mem_cgroup set because corresponding
+	 * kmem caches can be reparented during the lifetime. That's why
+	 * memcg_from_slab_page() should be used instead.
+	 */
+	if (PageSlab(page))
+		return memcg_from_slab_page(page);
+
+	/* All other pages use page->mem_cgroup */
+	return page->mem_cgroup;
+}
+
 static int memcg_alloc_cache_id(void)
 {
 	int id, size;