diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 4ac4d5edada4..08a8fac29f6a 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -3235,8 +3235,10 @@ int obj_cgroup_charge(struct obj_cgroup *objcg, gfp_t gfp, size_t size)
 	 * independently later.
 	 */
 	rcu_read_lock();
+retry:
 	memcg = obj_cgroup_memcg(objcg);
-	css_get(&memcg->css);
+	if (unlikely(!css_tryget(&memcg->css)))
+		goto retry;
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;