diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 4d759e1ddc335de2cc24d9ba5b55639b66cae39a..14e3fe4bd6a15a4b02f1a0c01268c70ca730ee0c 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -600,6 +600,7 @@ struct memcg_cache_params {
 			struct memcg_cache_array __rcu *memcg_caches;
 			struct list_head __root_caches_node;
 			struct list_head children;
+			bool dying;
 		};
 		struct {
 			struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index 98dcdc3520623bf776164982224b7b258e9a2291..42aca26d61d01c67d0ba381fd08f2c11fce6af4a 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ void slab_init_memcg_params(struct kmem_cache *s)
 	s->memcg_params.root_cache = NULL;
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(s->memcg_params.memcg_caches, NULL);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&s->memcg_params.children);
+	s->memcg_params.dying = false;
 }
 
 static int init_memcg_params(struct kmem_cache *s,
@@ -608,7 +609,7 @@ void memcg_create_kmem_cache(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 	 * The memory cgroup could have been offlined while the cache
 	 * creation work was pending.
 	 */
-	if (memcg->kmem_state != KMEM_ONLINE)
+	if (memcg->kmem_state != KMEM_ONLINE || root_cache->memcg_params.dying)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	idx = memcg_cache_id(memcg);
@@ -712,6 +713,9 @@ void slab_deactivate_memcg_cache_rcu_sched(struct kmem_cache *s,
 	    WARN_ON_ONCE(s->memcg_params.deact_fn))
 		return;
 
+	if (s->memcg_params.root_cache->memcg_params.dying)
+		return;
+
 	/* pin memcg so that @s doesn't get destroyed in the middle */
 	css_get(&s->memcg_params.memcg->css);
 
@@ -823,11 +827,36 @@ static int shutdown_memcg_caches(struct kmem_cache *s)
 		return -EBUSY;
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static void flush_memcg_workqueue(struct kmem_cache *s)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&slab_mutex);
+	s->memcg_params.dying = true;
+	mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
+
+	/*
+	 * SLUB deactivates the kmem_caches through call_rcu_sched. Make
+	 * sure all registered rcu callbacks have been invoked.
+	 */
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SLUB))
+		rcu_barrier_sched();
+
+	/*
+	 * SLAB and SLUB create memcg kmem_caches through workqueue and SLUB
+	 * deactivates the memcg kmem_caches through workqueue. Make sure all
+	 * previous workitems on workqueue are processed.
+	 */
+	flush_workqueue(memcg_kmem_cache_wq);
+}
 #else
 static inline int shutdown_memcg_caches(struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static inline void flush_memcg_workqueue(struct kmem_cache *s)
+{
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG && !CONFIG_SLOB */
 
 void slab_kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *s)
@@ -845,6 +874,8 @@ void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *s)
 	if (unlikely(!s))
 		return;
 
+	flush_memcg_workqueue(s);
+
 	get_online_cpus();
 	get_online_mems();