diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 991860e6e0a7..27981e705b0a 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ enum move_type {
 
 /* "mc" and its members are protected by cgroup_mutex */
 static struct move_charge_struct {
+	spinlock_t	  lock; /* for from, to, moving_task */
 	struct mem_cgroup *from;
 	struct mem_cgroup *to;
 	unsigned long precharge;
@@ -276,6 +277,7 @@ static struct move_charge_struct {
 	struct task_struct *moving_task;	/* a task moving charges */
 	wait_queue_head_t waitq;		/* a waitq for other context */
 } mc = {
+	.lock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(mc.lock),
 	.waitq = __WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD_INITIALIZER(mc.waitq),
 };
 
@@ -1051,26 +1053,24 @@ static unsigned int get_swappiness(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 
 static bool mem_cgroup_under_move(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
 {
-	struct mem_cgroup *from = mc.from;
-	struct mem_cgroup *to = mc.to;
+	struct mem_cgroup *from;
+	struct mem_cgroup *to;
 	bool ret = false;
-
-	if (from == mem || to == mem)
-		return true;
-
-	if (!from || !to || !mem->use_hierarchy)
-		return false;
-
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	if (css_tryget(&from->css)) {
-		ret = css_is_ancestor(&from->css, &mem->css);
-		css_put(&from->css);
-	}
-	if (!ret && css_tryget(&to->css)) {
-		ret = css_is_ancestor(&to->css,	&mem->css);
-		css_put(&to->css);
-	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	/*
+	 * Unlike task_move routines, we access mc.to, mc.from not under
+	 * mutual exclusion by cgroup_mutex. Here, we take spinlock instead.
+	 */
+	spin_lock(&mc.lock);
+	from = mc.from;
+	to = mc.to;
+	if (!from)
+		goto unlock;
+	if (from == mem || to == mem
+	    || (mem->use_hierarchy && css_is_ancestor(&from->css, &mem->css))
+	    || (mem->use_hierarchy && css_is_ancestor(&to->css,	&mem->css)))
+		ret = true;
+unlock:
+	spin_unlock(&mc.lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1406,7 +1406,7 @@ static void memcg_wakeup_oom(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
 
 static void memcg_oom_recover(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
 {
-	if (atomic_read(&mem->oom_lock))
+	if (mem && atomic_read(&mem->oom_lock))
 		memcg_wakeup_oom(mem);
 }
 
@@ -4441,11 +4441,13 @@ static int mem_cgroup_precharge_mc(struct mm_struct *mm)
 
 static void mem_cgroup_clear_mc(void)
 {
+	struct mem_cgroup *from = mc.from;
+	struct mem_cgroup *to = mc.to;
+
 	/* we must uncharge all the leftover precharges from mc.to */
 	if (mc.precharge) {
 		__mem_cgroup_cancel_charge(mc.to, mc.precharge);
 		mc.precharge = 0;
-		memcg_oom_recover(mc.to);
 	}
 	/*
 	 * we didn't uncharge from mc.from at mem_cgroup_move_account(), so
@@ -4454,7 +4456,6 @@ static void mem_cgroup_clear_mc(void)
 	if (mc.moved_charge) {
 		__mem_cgroup_cancel_charge(mc.from, mc.moved_charge);
 		mc.moved_charge = 0;
-		memcg_oom_recover(mc.from);
 	}
 	/* we must fixup refcnts and charges */
 	if (mc.moved_swap) {
@@ -4479,9 +4480,13 @@ static void mem_cgroup_clear_mc(void)
 
 		mc.moved_swap = 0;
 	}
+	spin_lock(&mc.lock);
 	mc.from = NULL;
 	mc.to = NULL;
 	mc.moving_task = NULL;
+	spin_unlock(&mc.lock);
+	memcg_oom_recover(from);
+	memcg_oom_recover(to);
 	wake_up_all(&mc.waitq);
 }
 
@@ -4510,12 +4515,14 @@ static int mem_cgroup_can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
 			VM_BUG_ON(mc.moved_charge);
 			VM_BUG_ON(mc.moved_swap);
 			VM_BUG_ON(mc.moving_task);
+			spin_lock(&mc.lock);
 			mc.from = from;
 			mc.to = mem;
 			mc.precharge = 0;
 			mc.moved_charge = 0;
 			mc.moved_swap = 0;
 			mc.moving_task = current;
+			spin_unlock(&mc.lock);
 
 			ret = mem_cgroup_precharge_mc(mm);
 			if (ret)