diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 5b05e4f..7d81afb 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3685,6 +3685,9 @@
 	if (slub_nomerge || (s->flags & SLUB_NEVER_MERGE))
 		return 1;
 
+	if (!is_root_cache(s))
+		return 1;
+
 	if (s->ctor)
 		return 1;
 
@@ -3697,9 +3700,8 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct kmem_cache *find_mergeable(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, size_t size,
-		size_t align, unsigned long flags, const char *name,
-		void (*ctor)(void *))
+static struct kmem_cache *find_mergeable(size_t size, size_t align,
+		unsigned long flags, const char *name, void (*ctor)(void *))
 {
 	struct kmem_cache *s;
 
@@ -3722,7 +3724,7 @@
 			continue;
 
 		if ((flags & SLUB_MERGE_SAME) != (s->flags & SLUB_MERGE_SAME))
-				continue;
+			continue;
 		/*
 		 * Check if alignment is compatible.
 		 * Courtesy of Adrian Drzewiecki
@@ -3733,21 +3735,18 @@
 		if (s->size - size >= sizeof(void *))
 			continue;
 
-		if (!cache_match_memcg(s, memcg))
-			continue;
-
 		return s;
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }
 
 struct kmem_cache *
-__kmem_cache_alias(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, const char *name, size_t size,
-		   size_t align, unsigned long flags, void (*ctor)(void *))
+__kmem_cache_alias(const char *name, size_t size, size_t align,
+		   unsigned long flags, void (*ctor)(void *))
 {
 	struct kmem_cache *s;
 
-	s = find_mergeable(memcg, size, align, flags, name, ctor);
+	s = find_mergeable(size, align, flags, name, ctor);
 	if (s) {
 		s->refcount++;
 		/*