diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 9cef4e16aeda..ad445542c285 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(inc_nlink);
 void address_space_init_once(struct address_space *mapping)
 {
 	memset(mapping, 0, sizeof(*mapping));
-	INIT_RADIX_TREE(&mapping->page_tree, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	INIT_RADIX_TREE(&mapping->page_tree, GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_ACCOUNT);
 	spin_lock_init(&mapping->tree_lock);
 	init_rwsem(&mapping->i_mmap_rwsem);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mapping->private_list);
diff --git a/lib/radix-tree.c b/lib/radix-tree.c
index 61b8fb529cef..1b7bf7314141 100644
--- a/lib/radix-tree.c
+++ b/lib/radix-tree.c
@@ -277,10 +277,11 @@ radix_tree_node_alloc(struct radix_tree_root *root)
 
 		/*
 		 * Even if the caller has preloaded, try to allocate from the
-		 * cache first for the new node to get accounted.
+		 * cache first for the new node to get accounted to the memory
+		 * cgroup.
 		 */
 		ret = kmem_cache_alloc(radix_tree_node_cachep,
-				       gfp_mask | __GFP_ACCOUNT | __GFP_NOWARN);
+				       gfp_mask | __GFP_NOWARN);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
 
@@ -303,8 +304,7 @@ radix_tree_node_alloc(struct radix_tree_root *root)
 		kmemleak_update_trace(ret);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	ret = kmem_cache_alloc(radix_tree_node_cachep,
-			       gfp_mask | __GFP_ACCOUNT);
+	ret = kmem_cache_alloc(radix_tree_node_cachep, gfp_mask);
 out:
 	BUG_ON(radix_tree_is_internal_node(ret));
 	return ret;
@@ -351,6 +351,12 @@ static int __radix_tree_preload(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nr)
 	struct radix_tree_node *node;
 	int ret = -ENOMEM;
 
+	/*
+	 * Nodes preloaded by one cgroup can be be used by another cgroup, so
+	 * they should never be accounted to any particular memory cgroup.
+	 */
+	gfp_mask &= ~__GFP_ACCOUNT;
+
 	preempt_disable();
 	rtp = this_cpu_ptr(&radix_tree_preloads);
 	while (rtp->nr < nr) {