diff --git a/include/linux/vmstat.h b/include/linux/vmstat.h
index b995d8b680c2..292485f3d24d 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmstat.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmstat.h
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ static inline const char *writeback_stat_name(enum writeback_stat_item item)
 			   item];
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS
+#if defined(CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS) || defined(CONFIG_MEMCG)
 static inline const char *vm_event_name(enum vm_event_item item)
 {
 	return vmstat_text[NR_VM_ZONE_STAT_ITEMS +
@@ -429,6 +429,6 @@ static inline const char *vm_event_name(enum vm_event_item item)
 			   NR_VM_WRITEBACK_STAT_ITEMS +
 			   item];
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS */
+#endif /* CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS || CONFIG_MEMCG */
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_VMSTAT_H */
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index bc01423277c5..c5b5f74cfd4d 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -98,14 +98,6 @@ static bool do_memsw_account(void)
 	return !cgroup_subsys_on_dfl(memory_cgrp_subsys) && do_swap_account;
 }
 
-static const char *const mem_cgroup_lru_names[] = {
-	"inactive_anon",
-	"active_anon",
-	"inactive_file",
-	"active_file",
-	"unevictable",
-};
-
 #define THRESHOLDS_EVENTS_TARGET 128
 #define SOFTLIMIT_EVENTS_TARGET 1024
 
@@ -1421,7 +1413,7 @@ static char *memory_stat_format(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 		       PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_LRU_LISTS; i++)
-		seq_buf_printf(&s, "%s %llu\n", mem_cgroup_lru_names[i],
+		seq_buf_printf(&s, "%s %llu\n", lru_list_name(i),
 			       (u64)memcg_page_state(memcg, NR_LRU_BASE + i) *
 			       PAGE_SIZE);
 
@@ -1434,8 +1426,10 @@ static char *memory_stat_format(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 
 	/* Accumulated memory events */
 
-	seq_buf_printf(&s, "pgfault %lu\n", memcg_events(memcg, PGFAULT));
-	seq_buf_printf(&s, "pgmajfault %lu\n", memcg_events(memcg, PGMAJFAULT));
+	seq_buf_printf(&s, "%s %lu\n", vm_event_name(PGFAULT),
+		       memcg_events(memcg, PGFAULT));
+	seq_buf_printf(&s, "%s %lu\n", vm_event_name(PGMAJFAULT),
+		       memcg_events(memcg, PGMAJFAULT));
 
 	seq_buf_printf(&s, "workingset_refault %lu\n",
 		       memcg_page_state(memcg, WORKINGSET_REFAULT));
@@ -1444,22 +1438,27 @@ static char *memory_stat_format(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 	seq_buf_printf(&s, "workingset_nodereclaim %lu\n",
 		       memcg_page_state(memcg, WORKINGSET_NODERECLAIM));
 
-	seq_buf_printf(&s, "pgrefill %lu\n", memcg_events(memcg, PGREFILL));
+	seq_buf_printf(&s, "%s %lu\n",  vm_event_name(PGREFILL),
+		       memcg_events(memcg, PGREFILL));
 	seq_buf_printf(&s, "pgscan %lu\n",
 		       memcg_events(memcg, PGSCAN_KSWAPD) +
 		       memcg_events(memcg, PGSCAN_DIRECT));
 	seq_buf_printf(&s, "pgsteal %lu\n",
 		       memcg_events(memcg, PGSTEAL_KSWAPD) +
 		       memcg_events(memcg, PGSTEAL_DIRECT));
-	seq_buf_printf(&s, "pgactivate %lu\n", memcg_events(memcg, PGACTIVATE));
-	seq_buf_printf(&s, "pgdeactivate %lu\n", memcg_events(memcg, PGDEACTIVATE));
-	seq_buf_printf(&s, "pglazyfree %lu\n", memcg_events(memcg, PGLAZYFREE));
-	seq_buf_printf(&s, "pglazyfreed %lu\n", memcg_events(memcg, PGLAZYFREED));
+	seq_buf_printf(&s, "%s %lu\n", vm_event_name(PGACTIVATE),
+		       memcg_events(memcg, PGACTIVATE));
+	seq_buf_printf(&s, "%s %lu\n", vm_event_name(PGDEACTIVATE),
+		       memcg_events(memcg, PGDEACTIVATE));
+	seq_buf_printf(&s, "%s %lu\n", vm_event_name(PGLAZYFREE),
+		       memcg_events(memcg, PGLAZYFREE));
+	seq_buf_printf(&s, "%s %lu\n", vm_event_name(PGLAZYFREED),
+		       memcg_events(memcg, PGLAZYFREED));
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
-	seq_buf_printf(&s, "thp_fault_alloc %lu\n",
+	seq_buf_printf(&s, "%s %lu\n", vm_event_name(THP_FAULT_ALLOC),
 		       memcg_events(memcg, THP_FAULT_ALLOC));
-	seq_buf_printf(&s, "thp_collapse_alloc %lu\n",
+	seq_buf_printf(&s, "%s %lu\n", vm_event_name(THP_COLLAPSE_ALLOC),
 		       memcg_events(memcg, THP_COLLAPSE_ALLOC));
 #endif /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE */
 
@@ -3742,13 +3741,6 @@ static const unsigned int memcg1_events[] = {
 	PGMAJFAULT,
 };
 
-static const char *const memcg1_event_names[] = {
-	"pgpgin",
-	"pgpgout",
-	"pgfault",
-	"pgmajfault",
-};
-
 static int memcg_stat_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 {
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = mem_cgroup_from_seq(m);
@@ -3757,7 +3749,6 @@ static int memcg_stat_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(ARRAY_SIZE(memcg1_stat_names) != ARRAY_SIZE(memcg1_stats));
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(ARRAY_SIZE(mem_cgroup_lru_names) != NR_LRU_LISTS);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(memcg1_stats); i++) {
 		if (memcg1_stats[i] == MEMCG_SWAP && !do_memsw_account())
@@ -3768,11 +3759,11 @@ static int memcg_stat_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(memcg1_events); i++)
-		seq_printf(m, "%s %lu\n", memcg1_event_names[i],
+		seq_printf(m, "%s %lu\n", vm_event_name(memcg1_events[i]),
 			   memcg_events_local(memcg, memcg1_events[i]));
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_LRU_LISTS; i++)
-		seq_printf(m, "%s %lu\n", mem_cgroup_lru_names[i],
+		seq_printf(m, "%s %lu\n", lru_list_name(i),
 			   memcg_page_state_local(memcg, NR_LRU_BASE + i) *
 			   PAGE_SIZE);
 
@@ -3797,11 +3788,12 @@ static int memcg_stat_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(memcg1_events); i++)
-		seq_printf(m, "total_%s %llu\n", memcg1_event_names[i],
+		seq_printf(m, "total_%s %llu\n",
+			   vm_event_name(memcg1_events[i]),
 			   (u64)memcg_events(memcg, memcg1_events[i]));
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_LRU_LISTS; i++)
-		seq_printf(m, "total_%s %llu\n", mem_cgroup_lru_names[i],
+		seq_printf(m, "total_%s %llu\n", lru_list_name(i),
 			   (u64)memcg_page_state(memcg, NR_LRU_BASE + i) *
 			   PAGE_SIZE);
 
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index fa627329428b..78d53378db99 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -1084,7 +1084,8 @@ int fragmentation_index(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order)
 }
 #endif
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_PROC_FS) || defined(CONFIG_SYSFS) || defined(CONFIG_NUMA)
+#if defined(CONFIG_PROC_FS) || defined(CONFIG_SYSFS) || \
+    defined(CONFIG_NUMA) || defined(CONFIG_MEMCG)
 #ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA
 #define TEXT_FOR_DMA(xx) xx "_dma",
 #else
@@ -1172,7 +1173,7 @@ const char * const vmstat_text[] = {
 	"nr_dirty_threshold",
 	"nr_dirty_background_threshold",
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS
+#if defined(CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS) || defined(CONFIG_MEMCG)
 	/* enum vm_event_item counters */
 	"pgpgin",
 	"pgpgout",
@@ -1291,9 +1292,9 @@ const char * const vmstat_text[] = {
 	"swap_ra",
 	"swap_ra_hit",
 #endif
-#endif /* CONFIG_VM_EVENTS_COUNTERS */
+#endif /* CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS || CONFIG_MEMCG */
 };
-#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS || CONFIG_SYSFS || CONFIG_NUMA */
+#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS || CONFIG_SYSFS || CONFIG_NUMA || CONFIG_MEMCG */
 
 #if (defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS) && defined(CONFIG_COMPACTION)) || \
      defined(CONFIG_PROC_FS)