diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index a87704e3668e8c80d486d2fdf44b4673a892401b..2bb14d021cd0b8aede62c701f1cd6137592ce289 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ struct mem_cgroup {
 	 */
 	struct mem_cgroup_stat_cpu __percpu *stat;
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM) && defined(CONFIG_INET)
+#if defined(CONFIG_MEMCG_LEGACY_KMEM) && defined(CONFIG_INET)
 	struct cg_proto tcp_mem;
 #endif
 #ifndef CONFIG_SLOB
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ extern struct static_key_false memcg_sockets_enabled_key;
 #define mem_cgroup_sockets_enabled static_branch_unlikely(&memcg_sockets_enabled_key)
 static inline bool mem_cgroup_under_socket_pressure(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_LEGACY_KMEM
 	if (memcg->tcp_mem.memory_pressure)
 		return true;
 #endif
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 5b86082fa238a86462650deb6613772847b70c4e..a0a15cec8dafe87577f3b82c0c2f07183d5cefe6 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -964,10 +964,13 @@ config MEMCG_SWAP_ENABLED
 	  For those who want to have the feature enabled by default should
 	  select this option (if, for some reason, they need to disable it
 	  then swapaccount=0 does the trick).
+config MEMCG_LEGACY_KMEM
+       bool
 config MEMCG_KMEM
-	bool "Memory Resource Controller Kernel Memory accounting"
+	bool "Legacy Memory Resource Controller Kernel Memory accounting"
 	depends on MEMCG
 	depends on SLUB || SLAB
+	select MEMCG_LEGACY_KMEM
 	help
 	  The Kernel Memory extension for Memory Resource Controller can limit
 	  the amount of memory used by kernel objects in the system. Those are
@@ -1071,6 +1074,11 @@ config CGROUP_FREEZER
 	  Provides a way to freeze and unfreeze all tasks in a
 	  cgroup.
 
+	  This option affects the ORIGINAL cgroup interface. The cgroup2 memory
+	  controller includes important in-kernel memory consumers per default.
+
+	  If you're using cgroup2, say N.
+
 config CGROUP_HUGETLB
 	bool "HugeTLB controller"
 	depends on HUGETLB_PAGE
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 2239e6dd4d4c12a9153aec137c7e404d175b07de..92e8ab67b6df676b5297c3c75d3ec7dea419b1bc 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -3001,7 +3001,7 @@ static void memcg_free_kmem(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 }
 #endif /* !CONFIG_SLOB */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_LEGACY_KMEM
 static int memcg_update_kmem_limit(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 				   unsigned long limit)
 {
@@ -3025,7 +3025,7 @@ static int memcg_update_kmem_limit(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 {
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM */
+#endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG_LEGACY_KMEM */
 
 
 /*
@@ -4039,7 +4039,7 @@ static struct cftype mem_cgroup_legacy_files[] = {
 		.seq_show = memcg_numa_stat_show,
 	},
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_LEGACY_KMEM
 	{
 		.name = "kmem.limit_in_bytes",
 		.private = MEMFILE_PRIVATE(_KMEM, RES_LIMIT),
@@ -4266,13 +4266,13 @@ mem_cgroup_css_online(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
+#ifdef CONFIG_INET
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_LEGACY_KMEM
 	ret = tcp_init_cgroup(memcg);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_INET
 	if (cgroup_subsys_on_dfl(memory_cgrp_subsys) && !cgroup_memory_nosocket)
 		static_branch_inc(&memcg_sockets_enabled_key);
 #endif
@@ -4329,7 +4329,7 @@ static void mem_cgroup_css_free(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 
 	memcg_free_kmem(memcg);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
+#if defined(CONFIG_MEMCG_LEGACY_KMEM) && defined(CONFIG_INET)
 	tcp_destroy_cgroup(memcg);
 #endif
 
@@ -5558,7 +5558,7 @@ void sock_update_memcg(struct sock *sk)
 	memcg = mem_cgroup_from_task(current);
 	if (memcg == root_mem_cgroup)
 		goto out;
-#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_LEGACY_KMEM
 	if (!cgroup_subsys_on_dfl(memory_cgrp_subsys) && !memcg->tcp_mem.active)
 		goto out;
 #endif
@@ -5587,7 +5587,7 @@ bool mem_cgroup_charge_skmem(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned int nr_pages)
 {
 	gfp_t gfp_mask = GFP_KERNEL;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_LEGACY_KMEM
 	if (!cgroup_subsys_on_dfl(memory_cgrp_subsys)) {
 		struct page_counter *counter;
 
@@ -5619,7 +5619,7 @@ bool mem_cgroup_charge_skmem(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned int nr_pages)
  */
 void mem_cgroup_uncharge_skmem(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned int nr_pages)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_LEGACY_KMEM
 	if (!cgroup_subsys_on_dfl(memory_cgrp_subsys)) {
 		page_counter_uncharge(&memcg->tcp_mem.memory_allocated,
 				      nr_pages);
diff --git a/mm/vmpressure.c b/mm/vmpressure.c
index 9a6c0704211c856c300f67057fc202e25c9657ab..89b1d441af4b5bf6ac8fd3651184dedb26ac0a86 100644
--- a/mm/vmpressure.c
+++ b/mm/vmpressure.c
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ void vmpressure(gfp_t gfp, struct mem_cgroup *memcg, bool tree,
 
 		level = vmpressure_calc_level(scanned, reclaimed);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_INET
 		if (level > VMPRESSURE_LOW) {
 			/*
 			 * Let the socket buffer allocator know that
@@ -286,6 +287,7 @@ void vmpressure(gfp_t gfp, struct mem_cgroup *memcg, bool tree,
 			 */
 			memcg->socket_pressure = jiffies + HZ;
 		}
+#endif
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/Makefile b/net/ipv4/Makefile
index c29809f765dc5d4d95edd5d6ac3cc321fcb97c88..bee5055832a11e1148087249ab1871b3ee3d6656 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/Makefile
+++ b/net/ipv4/Makefile
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_TCP_CONG_SCALABLE) += tcp_scalable.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TCP_CONG_LP) += tcp_lp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TCP_CONG_YEAH) += tcp_yeah.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TCP_CONG_ILLINOIS) += tcp_illinois.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM) += tcp_memcontrol.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_MEMCG_LEGACY_KMEM) += tcp_memcontrol.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NETLABEL) += cipso_ipv4.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_XFRM) += xfrm4_policy.o xfrm4_state.o xfrm4_input.o \