diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index ae12fdd4bc0d..fd18076171b5 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -660,12 +660,14 @@ static inline void memcg_rstat_updated(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 
 static void __mem_cgroup_flush_stats(void)
 {
-	if (!spin_trylock(&stats_flush_lock))
+	unsigned long flag;
+
+	if (!spin_trylock_irqsave(&stats_flush_lock, flag))
 		return;
 
 	cgroup_rstat_flush_irqsafe(root_mem_cgroup->css.cgroup);
 	atomic_set(&stats_flush_threshold, 0);
-	spin_unlock(&stats_flush_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&stats_flush_lock, flag);
 }
 
 void mem_cgroup_flush_stats(void)
@@ -1461,7 +1463,7 @@ static char *memory_stat_format(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 	 *
 	 * Current memory state:
 	 */
-	cgroup_rstat_flush(memcg->css.cgroup);
+	mem_cgroup_flush_stats();
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(memory_stats); i++) {
 		u64 size;
@@ -3565,8 +3567,7 @@ static unsigned long mem_cgroup_usage(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, bool swap)
 	unsigned long val;
 
 	if (mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg)) {
-		/* mem_cgroup_threshold() calls here from irqsafe context */
-		cgroup_rstat_flush_irqsafe(memcg->css.cgroup);
+		mem_cgroup_flush_stats();
 		val = memcg_page_state(memcg, NR_FILE_PAGES) +
 			memcg_page_state(memcg, NR_ANON_MAPPED);
 		if (swap)
@@ -3947,7 +3948,7 @@ static int memcg_numa_stat_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	int nid;
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = mem_cgroup_from_seq(m);
 
-	cgroup_rstat_flush(memcg->css.cgroup);
+	mem_cgroup_flush_stats();
 
 	for (stat = stats; stat < stats + ARRAY_SIZE(stats); stat++) {
 		seq_printf(m, "%s=%lu", stat->name,
@@ -4019,7 +4020,7 @@ static int memcg_stat_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(ARRAY_SIZE(memcg1_stat_names) != ARRAY_SIZE(memcg1_stats));
 
-	cgroup_rstat_flush(memcg->css.cgroup);
+	mem_cgroup_flush_stats();
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(memcg1_stats); i++) {
 		unsigned long nr;
@@ -4522,7 +4523,7 @@ void mem_cgroup_wb_stats(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long *pfilepages,
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = mem_cgroup_from_css(wb->memcg_css);
 	struct mem_cgroup *parent;
 
-	cgroup_rstat_flush_irqsafe(memcg->css.cgroup);
+	mem_cgroup_flush_stats();
 
 	*pdirty = memcg_page_state(memcg, NR_FILE_DIRTY);
 	*pwriteback = memcg_page_state(memcg, NR_WRITEBACK);
@@ -6405,7 +6406,7 @@ static int memory_numa_stat_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	int i;
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = mem_cgroup_from_seq(m);
 
-	cgroup_rstat_flush(memcg->css.cgroup);
+	mem_cgroup_flush_stats();
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(memory_stats); i++) {
 		int nid;