diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 5147e650287a..5d8ca6e02e39 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ enum mem_cgroup_stat_index {
 	MEM_CGROUP_STAT_SWAP,		/* # of pages, swapped out */
 	MEM_CGROUP_STAT_NSTATS,
 	/* default hierarchy stats */
-	MEMCG_KERNEL_STACK = MEM_CGROUP_STAT_NSTATS,
+	MEMCG_KERNEL_STACK_KB = MEM_CGROUP_STAT_NSTATS,
 	MEMCG_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE,
 	MEMCG_SLAB_UNRECLAIMABLE,
 	MEMCG_SOCK,
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index af3637e0ee52..52e725d4a866 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -165,20 +165,12 @@ static unsigned long *alloc_thread_stack_node(struct task_struct *tsk,
 	struct page *page = alloc_pages_node(node, THREADINFO_GFP,
 					     THREAD_SIZE_ORDER);
 
-	if (page)
-		memcg_kmem_update_page_stat(page, MEMCG_KERNEL_STACK,
-					    1 << THREAD_SIZE_ORDER);
-
 	return page ? page_address(page) : NULL;
 }
 
 static inline void free_thread_stack(unsigned long *stack)
 {
-	struct page *page = virt_to_page(stack);
-
-	memcg_kmem_update_page_stat(page, MEMCG_KERNEL_STACK,
-				    -(1 << THREAD_SIZE_ORDER));
-	__free_pages(page, THREAD_SIZE_ORDER);
+	__free_pages(virt_to_page(stack), THREAD_SIZE_ORDER);
 }
 # else
 static struct kmem_cache *thread_stack_cache;
@@ -223,10 +215,15 @@ static struct kmem_cache *mm_cachep;
 
 static void account_kernel_stack(unsigned long *stack, int account)
 {
-	struct zone *zone = page_zone(virt_to_page(stack));
+	/* All stack pages are in the same zone and belong to the same memcg. */
+	struct page *first_page = virt_to_page(stack);
 
-	mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_KERNEL_STACK_KB,
+	mod_zone_page_state(page_zone(first_page), NR_KERNEL_STACK_KB,
 			    THREAD_SIZE / 1024 * account);
+
+	memcg_kmem_update_page_stat(
+		first_page, MEMCG_KERNEL_STACK_KB,
+		account * (THREAD_SIZE / 1024));
 }
 
 void free_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 13be30c3ea78..c265212bec8c 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -5171,7 +5171,7 @@ static int memory_stat_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	seq_printf(m, "file %llu\n",
 		   (u64)stat[MEM_CGROUP_STAT_CACHE] * PAGE_SIZE);
 	seq_printf(m, "kernel_stack %llu\n",
-		   (u64)stat[MEMCG_KERNEL_STACK] * PAGE_SIZE);
+		   (u64)stat[MEMCG_KERNEL_STACK_KB] * 1024);
 	seq_printf(m, "slab %llu\n",
 		   (u64)(stat[MEMCG_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE] +
 			 stat[MEMCG_SLAB_UNRECLAIMABLE]) * PAGE_SIZE);