diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index bead5ae1e7e297610fcd364b2049f9d2ca0cf392..d3fba55a0028c638613190c76a57e4e1b8e71c6e 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ static DECLARE_RWSEM(shrinker_rwsem);
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
 
 static int memcg_shrinker_map_size;
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(memcg_shrinker_map_mutex);
 
 static void free_shrinker_map_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
@@ -201,8 +200,6 @@ static int expand_one_shrinker_map(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 	struct mem_cgroup_per_node *pn;
 	int nid;
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&memcg_shrinker_map_mutex);
-
 	for_each_node(nid) {
 		pn = memcg->nodeinfo[nid];
 		old = rcu_dereference_protected(pn->shrinker_map, true);
@@ -250,7 +247,7 @@ int alloc_shrinker_maps(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 	if (mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg))
 		return 0;
 
-	mutex_lock(&memcg_shrinker_map_mutex);
+	down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
 	size = memcg_shrinker_map_size;
 	for_each_node(nid) {
 		map = kvzalloc_node(sizeof(*map) + size, GFP_KERNEL, nid);
@@ -261,7 +258,7 @@ int alloc_shrinker_maps(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 		}
 		rcu_assign_pointer(memcg->nodeinfo[nid]->shrinker_map, map);
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&memcg_shrinker_map_mutex);
+	up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -276,9 +273,10 @@ static int expand_shrinker_maps(int new_id)
 	if (size <= old_size)
 		return 0;
 
-	mutex_lock(&memcg_shrinker_map_mutex);
 	if (!root_mem_cgroup)
-		goto unlock;
+		goto out;
+
+	lockdep_assert_held(&shrinker_rwsem);
 
 	memcg = mem_cgroup_iter(NULL, NULL, NULL);
 	do {
@@ -287,13 +285,13 @@ static int expand_shrinker_maps(int new_id)
 		ret = expand_one_shrinker_map(memcg, size, old_size);
 		if (ret) {
 			mem_cgroup_iter_break(NULL, memcg);
-			goto unlock;
+			goto out;
 		}
 	} while ((memcg = mem_cgroup_iter(NULL, memcg, NULL)) != NULL);
-unlock:
+out:
 	if (!ret)
 		memcg_shrinker_map_size = size;
-	mutex_unlock(&memcg_shrinker_map_mutex);
+
 	return ret;
 }