diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 258c8a46959a..0e6c515fb698 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -1286,6 +1286,8 @@ static inline int memcg_cache_id(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 
 extern int memcg_expand_shrinker_maps(int new_id);
 
+extern void memcg_set_shrinker_bit(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+				   int nid, int shrinker_id);
 #else
 #define for_each_memcg_cache_index(_idx)	\
 	for (; NULL; )
@@ -1308,6 +1310,8 @@ static inline void memcg_put_cache_ids(void)
 {
 }
 
+static inline void memcg_set_shrinker_bit(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+					  int nid, int shrinker_id) { }
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM */
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_MEMCONTROL_H */
diff --git a/mm/list_lru.c b/mm/list_lru.c
index c6131925ec76..c9bdde9c03d1 100644
--- a/mm/list_lru.c
+++ b/mm/list_lru.c
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ static void list_lru_unregister(struct list_lru *lru)
 	mutex_unlock(&list_lrus_mutex);
 }
 
+static int lru_shrinker_id(struct list_lru *lru)
+{
+	return lru->shrinker_id;
+}
+
 static inline bool list_lru_memcg_aware(struct list_lru *lru)
 {
 	/*
@@ -93,6 +98,11 @@ static void list_lru_unregister(struct list_lru *lru)
 {
 }
 
+static int lru_shrinker_id(struct list_lru *lru)
+{
+	return -1;
+}
+
 static inline bool list_lru_memcg_aware(struct list_lru *lru)
 {
 	return false;
@@ -118,13 +128,17 @@ bool list_lru_add(struct list_lru *lru, struct list_head *item)
 {
 	int nid = page_to_nid(virt_to_page(item));
 	struct list_lru_node *nlru = &lru->node[nid];
+	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
 	struct list_lru_one *l;
 
 	spin_lock(&nlru->lock);
 	if (list_empty(item)) {
-		l = list_lru_from_kmem(nlru, item, NULL);
+		l = list_lru_from_kmem(nlru, item, &memcg);
 		list_add_tail(item, &l->list);
-		l->nr_items++;
+		/* Set shrinker bit if the first element was added */
+		if (!l->nr_items++)
+			memcg_set_shrinker_bit(memcg, nid,
+					       lru_shrinker_id(lru));
 		nlru->nr_items++;
 		spin_unlock(&nlru->lock);
 		return true;
@@ -507,6 +521,7 @@ static void memcg_drain_list_lru_node(struct list_lru *lru, int nid,
 	struct list_lru_node *nlru = &lru->node[nid];
 	int dst_idx = dst_memcg->kmemcg_id;
 	struct list_lru_one *src, *dst;
+	bool set;
 
 	/*
 	 * Since list_lru_{add,del} may be called under an IRQ-safe lock,
@@ -518,7 +533,10 @@ static void memcg_drain_list_lru_node(struct list_lru *lru, int nid,
 	dst = list_lru_from_memcg_idx(nlru, dst_idx);
 
 	list_splice_init(&src->list, &dst->list);
+	set = (!dst->nr_items && src->nr_items);
 	dst->nr_items += src->nr_items;
+	if (set)
+		memcg_set_shrinker_bit(dst_memcg, nid, lru_shrinker_id(lru));
 	src->nr_items = 0;
 
 	spin_unlock_irq(&nlru->lock);
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index d8cd6c39eca5..55c010a58535 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -422,6 +422,19 @@ unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&memcg_shrinker_map_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
+
+void memcg_set_shrinker_bit(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int nid, int shrinker_id)
+{
+	if (shrinker_id >= 0 && memcg && !mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg)) {
+		struct memcg_shrinker_map *map;
+
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		map = rcu_dereference(memcg->nodeinfo[nid]->shrinker_map);
+		set_bit(shrinker_id, map->map);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+	}
+}
+
 #else /* CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM */
 static int memcg_alloc_shrinker_maps(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {