diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index c79b6926fe83..f7a552eb3e9d 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -289,9 +289,10 @@ static void obj_cgroup_release(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(nr_bytes & (PAGE_SIZE - 1));
 	nr_pages = nr_bytes >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&css_set_lock, flags);
 	if (nr_pages)
 		obj_cgroup_uncharge_pages(objcg, nr_pages);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&css_set_lock, flags);
 	list_del(&objcg->list);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&css_set_lock, flags);