diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index c52ec893e241..76f513cc1b0e 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -466,6 +466,8 @@ static void mem_cgroup_update_tree(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct page *page)
 	struct mem_cgroup_tree_per_node *mctz;
 
 	mctz = soft_limit_tree_from_page(page);
+	if (!mctz)
+		return;
 	/*
 	 * Necessary to update all ancestors when hierarchy is used.
 	 * because their event counter is not touched.
@@ -503,7 +505,8 @@ static void mem_cgroup_remove_from_trees(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 	for_each_node(nid) {
 		mz = mem_cgroup_nodeinfo(memcg, nid);
 		mctz = soft_limit_tree_node(nid);
-		mem_cgroup_remove_exceeded(mz, mctz);
+		if (mctz)
+			mem_cgroup_remove_exceeded(mz, mctz);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2558,7 +2561,7 @@ unsigned long mem_cgroup_soft_limit_reclaim(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order,
 	 * is empty. Do it lockless to prevent lock bouncing. Races
 	 * are acceptable as soft limit is best effort anyway.
 	 */
-	if (RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&mctz->rb_root))
+	if (!mctz || RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&mctz->rb_root))
 		return 0;
 
 	/*