diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 3eed583895a6..9be3cf8a5da4 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -3587,9 +3587,13 @@ static void __mem_cgroup_threshold(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, bool swap)
 
 static void mem_cgroup_threshold(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
-	__mem_cgroup_threshold(memcg, false);
-	if (do_swap_account)
-		__mem_cgroup_threshold(memcg, true);
+	while (memcg) {
+		__mem_cgroup_threshold(memcg, false);
+		if (do_swap_account)
+			__mem_cgroup_threshold(memcg, true);
+
+		memcg = parent_mem_cgroup(memcg);
+	}
 }
 
 static int compare_thresholds(const void *a, const void *b)