diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index c0500e4..36896f3 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -250,6 +250,14 @@
 
 struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_from_task(struct task_struct *p)
 {
+	/*
+	 * mm_update_next_owner() may clear mm->owner to NULL
+	 * if it races with swapoff, page migration, etc.
+	 * So this can be called with p == NULL.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(!p))
+		return NULL;
+
 	return container_of(task_subsys_state(p, mem_cgroup_subsys_id),
 				struct mem_cgroup, css);
 }
@@ -549,6 +557,11 @@
 	if (likely(!memcg)) {
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		mem = mem_cgroup_from_task(rcu_dereference(mm->owner));
+		if (unlikely(!mem)) {
+			rcu_read_unlock();
+			kmem_cache_free(page_cgroup_cache, pc);
+			return 0;
+		}
 		/*
 		 * For every charge from the cgroup, increment reference count
 		 */
@@ -801,6 +814,10 @@
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	mem = mem_cgroup_from_task(rcu_dereference(mm->owner));
+	if (unlikely(!mem)) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		return 0;
+	}
 	css_get(&mem->css);
 	rcu_read_unlock();