diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index e74d7080ec9e..791b00ca4e8b 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -4082,6 +4082,24 @@ static void mem_cgroup_id_get(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 	atomic_inc(&memcg->id.ref);
 }
 
+static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_id_get_online(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+{
+	while (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&memcg->id.ref)) {
+		/*
+		 * The root cgroup cannot be destroyed, so it's refcount must
+		 * always be >= 1.
+		 */
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(memcg == root_mem_cgroup)) {
+			VM_BUG_ON(1);
+			break;
+		}
+		memcg = parent_mem_cgroup(memcg);
+		if (!memcg)
+			memcg = root_mem_cgroup;
+	}
+	return memcg;
+}
+
 static void mem_cgroup_id_put(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&memcg->id.ref)) {
@@ -5800,7 +5818,7 @@ subsys_initcall(mem_cgroup_init);
  */
 void mem_cgroup_swapout(struct page *page, swp_entry_t entry)
 {
-	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
+	struct mem_cgroup *memcg, *swap_memcg;
 	unsigned short oldid;
 
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageLRU(page), page);
@@ -5815,16 +5833,27 @@ void mem_cgroup_swapout(struct page *page, swp_entry_t entry)
 	if (!memcg)
 		return;
 
-	mem_cgroup_id_get(memcg);
-	oldid = swap_cgroup_record(entry, mem_cgroup_id(memcg));
+	/*
+	 * In case the memcg owning these pages has been offlined and doesn't
+	 * have an ID allocated to it anymore, charge the closest online
+	 * ancestor for the swap instead and transfer the memory+swap charge.
+	 */
+	swap_memcg = mem_cgroup_id_get_online(memcg);
+	oldid = swap_cgroup_record(entry, mem_cgroup_id(swap_memcg));
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(oldid, page);
-	mem_cgroup_swap_statistics(memcg, true);
+	mem_cgroup_swap_statistics(swap_memcg, true);
 
 	page->mem_cgroup = NULL;
 
 	if (!mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg))
 		page_counter_uncharge(&memcg->memory, 1);
 
+	if (memcg != swap_memcg) {
+		if (!mem_cgroup_is_root(swap_memcg))
+			page_counter_charge(&swap_memcg->memsw, 1);
+		page_counter_uncharge(&memcg->memsw, 1);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Interrupts should be disabled here because the caller holds the
 	 * mapping->tree_lock lock which is taken with interrupts-off. It is
@@ -5863,11 +5892,14 @@ int mem_cgroup_try_charge_swap(struct page *page, swp_entry_t entry)
 	if (!memcg)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg) &&
-	    !page_counter_try_charge(&memcg->swap, 1, &counter))
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	memcg = mem_cgroup_id_get_online(memcg);
+
+	if (!mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg) &&
+	    !page_counter_try_charge(&memcg->swap, 1, &counter)) {
+		mem_cgroup_id_put(memcg);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
-	mem_cgroup_id_get(memcg);
 	oldid = swap_cgroup_record(entry, mem_cgroup_id(memcg));
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(oldid, page);
 	mem_cgroup_swap_statistics(memcg, true);