diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index 39b81dc..d382db7 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #define ___GFP_HARDWALL		0x20000u
 #define ___GFP_THISNODE		0x40000u
 #define ___GFP_RECLAIMABLE	0x80000u
-#define ___GFP_KMEMCG		0x100000u
 #define ___GFP_NOTRACK		0x200000u
 #define ___GFP_NO_KSWAPD	0x400000u
 #define ___GFP_OTHER_NODE	0x800000u
@@ -91,7 +90,6 @@
 
 #define __GFP_NO_KSWAPD	((__force gfp_t)___GFP_NO_KSWAPD)
 #define __GFP_OTHER_NODE ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_OTHER_NODE) /* On behalf of other node */
-#define __GFP_KMEMCG	((__force gfp_t)___GFP_KMEMCG) /* Allocation comes from a memcg-accounted resource */
 #define __GFP_WRITE	((__force gfp_t)___GFP_WRITE)	/* Allocator intends to dirty page */
 
 /*
@@ -353,6 +351,10 @@
 #define alloc_page_vma_node(gfp_mask, vma, addr, node)		\
 	alloc_pages_vma(gfp_mask, 0, vma, addr, node)
 
+extern struct page *alloc_kmem_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order);
+extern struct page *alloc_kmem_pages_node(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask,
+					  unsigned int order);
+
 extern unsigned long __get_free_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order);
 extern unsigned long get_zeroed_page(gfp_t gfp_mask);
 
@@ -372,8 +374,8 @@
 extern void free_hot_cold_page(struct page *page, int cold);
 extern void free_hot_cold_page_list(struct list_head *list, int cold);
 
-extern void __free_memcg_kmem_pages(struct page *page, unsigned int order);
-extern void free_memcg_kmem_pages(unsigned long addr, unsigned int order);
+extern void __free_kmem_pages(struct page *page, unsigned int order);
+extern void free_kmem_pages(unsigned long addr, unsigned int order);
 
 #define __free_page(page) __free_pages((page), 0)
 #define free_page(addr) free_pages((addr), 0)
diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 96e5d25..5155d09 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@
 	 * res_counter_charge_nofail, but we hope those allocations are rare,
 	 * and won't be worth the trouble.
 	 */
-	if (!(gfp & __GFP_KMEMCG) || (gfp & __GFP_NOFAIL))
+	if (gfp & __GFP_NOFAIL)
 		return true;
 	if (in_interrupt() || (!current->mm) || (current->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
 		return true;
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 307bfbe..a6aab2c 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -369,16 +369,7 @@
 #include <linux/slub_def.h>
 #endif
 
-static __always_inline void *
-kmalloc_order(size_t size, gfp_t flags, unsigned int order)
-{
-	void *ret;
-
-	flags |= (__GFP_COMP | __GFP_KMEMCG);
-	ret = (void *) __get_free_pages(flags, order);
-	kmemleak_alloc(ret, size, 1, flags);
-	return ret;
-}
+extern void *kmalloc_order(size_t size, gfp_t flags, unsigned int order);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACING
 extern void *kmalloc_order_trace(size_t size, gfp_t flags, unsigned int order);
diff --git a/include/linux/thread_info.h b/include/linux/thread_info.h
index cb0cec9..ff307b5 100644
--- a/include/linux/thread_info.h
+++ b/include/linux/thread_info.h
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@
 # define THREADINFO_GFP		(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK)
 #endif
 
-#define THREADINFO_GFP_ACCOUNTED (THREADINFO_GFP | __GFP_KMEMCG)
-
 /*
  * flag set/clear/test wrappers
  * - pass TIF_xxxx constants to these functions
diff --git a/include/trace/events/gfpflags.h b/include/trace/events/gfpflags.h
index 1eddbf1..d6fd8e5 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/gfpflags.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/gfpflags.h
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 	{(unsigned long)__GFP_HARDWALL,		"GFP_HARDWALL"},	\
 	{(unsigned long)__GFP_THISNODE,		"GFP_THISNODE"},	\
 	{(unsigned long)__GFP_RECLAIMABLE,	"GFP_RECLAIMABLE"},	\
-	{(unsigned long)__GFP_KMEMCG,		"GFP_KMEMCG"},		\
 	{(unsigned long)__GFP_MOVABLE,		"GFP_MOVABLE"},		\
 	{(unsigned long)__GFP_NOTRACK,		"GFP_NOTRACK"},		\
 	{(unsigned long)__GFP_NO_KSWAPD,	"GFP_NO_KSWAPD"},	\
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 54a8d26..59e3dcc 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -150,15 +150,15 @@
 static struct thread_info *alloc_thread_info_node(struct task_struct *tsk,
 						  int node)
 {
-	struct page *page = alloc_pages_node(node, THREADINFO_GFP_ACCOUNTED,
-					     THREAD_SIZE_ORDER);
+	struct page *page = alloc_kmem_pages_node(node, THREADINFO_GFP,
+						  THREAD_SIZE_ORDER);
 
 	return page ? page_address(page) : NULL;
 }
 
 static inline void free_thread_info(struct thread_info *ti)
 {
-	free_memcg_kmem_pages((unsigned long)ti, THREAD_SIZE_ORDER);
+	free_kmem_pages((unsigned long)ti, THREAD_SIZE_ORDER);
 }
 # else
 static struct kmem_cache *thread_info_cache;
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 56a768b..7bab1de 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -3540,11 +3540,12 @@
 	/*
 	 * Disabling accounting is only relevant for some specific memcg
 	 * internal allocations. Therefore we would initially not have such
-	 * check here, since direct calls to the page allocator that are marked
-	 * with GFP_KMEMCG only happen outside memcg core. We are mostly
-	 * concerned with cache allocations, and by having this test at
-	 * memcg_kmem_get_cache, we are already able to relay the allocation to
-	 * the root cache and bypass the memcg cache altogether.
+	 * check here, since direct calls to the page allocator that are
+	 * accounted to kmemcg (alloc_kmem_pages and friends) only happen
+	 * outside memcg core. We are mostly concerned with cache allocations,
+	 * and by having this test at memcg_kmem_get_cache, we are already able
+	 * to relay the allocation to the root cache and bypass the memcg cache
+	 * altogether.
 	 *
 	 * There is one exception, though: the SLUB allocator does not create
 	 * large order caches, but rather service large kmallocs directly from
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 5dba293..7cfdcd8 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2697,7 +2697,6 @@
 	int migratetype = allocflags_to_migratetype(gfp_mask);
 	unsigned int cpuset_mems_cookie;
 	int alloc_flags = ALLOC_WMARK_LOW|ALLOC_CPUSET|ALLOC_FAIR;
-	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = NULL;
 
 	gfp_mask &= gfp_allowed_mask;
 
@@ -2716,13 +2715,6 @@
 	if (unlikely(!zonelist->_zonerefs->zone))
 		return NULL;
 
-	/*
-	 * Will only have any effect when __GFP_KMEMCG is set.  This is
-	 * verified in the (always inline) callee
-	 */
-	if (!memcg_kmem_newpage_charge(gfp_mask, &memcg, order))
-		return NULL;
-
 retry_cpuset:
 	cpuset_mems_cookie = read_mems_allowed_begin();
 
@@ -2782,8 +2774,6 @@
 	if (unlikely(!page && read_mems_allowed_retry(cpuset_mems_cookie)))
 		goto retry_cpuset;
 
-	memcg_kmem_commit_charge(page, memcg, order);
-
 	return page;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__alloc_pages_nodemask);
@@ -2837,27 +2827,51 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_pages);
 
 /*
- * __free_memcg_kmem_pages and free_memcg_kmem_pages will free
- * pages allocated with __GFP_KMEMCG.
+ * alloc_kmem_pages charges newly allocated pages to the kmem resource counter
+ * of the current memory cgroup.
  *
- * Those pages are accounted to a particular memcg, embedded in the
- * corresponding page_cgroup. To avoid adding a hit in the allocator to search
- * for that information only to find out that it is NULL for users who have no
- * interest in that whatsoever, we provide these functions.
- *
- * The caller knows better which flags it relies on.
+ * It should be used when the caller would like to use kmalloc, but since the
+ * allocation is large, it has to fall back to the page allocator.
  */
-void __free_memcg_kmem_pages(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
+struct page *alloc_kmem_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
+{
+	struct page *page;
+	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = NULL;
+
+	if (!memcg_kmem_newpage_charge(gfp_mask, &memcg, order))
+		return NULL;
+	page = alloc_pages(gfp_mask, order);
+	memcg_kmem_commit_charge(page, memcg, order);
+	return page;
+}
+
+struct page *alloc_kmem_pages_node(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
+{
+	struct page *page;
+	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = NULL;
+
+	if (!memcg_kmem_newpage_charge(gfp_mask, &memcg, order))
+		return NULL;
+	page = alloc_pages_node(nid, gfp_mask, order);
+	memcg_kmem_commit_charge(page, memcg, order);
+	return page;
+}
+
+/*
+ * __free_kmem_pages and free_kmem_pages will free pages allocated with
+ * alloc_kmem_pages.
+ */
+void __free_kmem_pages(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
 {
 	memcg_kmem_uncharge_pages(page, order);
 	__free_pages(page, order);
 }
 
-void free_memcg_kmem_pages(unsigned long addr, unsigned int order)
+void free_kmem_pages(unsigned long addr, unsigned int order)
 {
 	if (addr != 0) {
 		VM_BUG_ON(!virt_addr_valid((void *)addr));
-		__free_memcg_kmem_pages(virt_to_page((void *)addr), order);
+		__free_kmem_pages(virt_to_page((void *)addr), order);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index 06f0c61..1950c8f 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -582,6 +582,19 @@
 }
 #endif /* !CONFIG_SLOB */
 
+void *kmalloc_order(size_t size, gfp_t flags, unsigned int order)
+{
+	void *ret;
+	struct page *page;
+
+	flags |= __GFP_COMP;
+	page = alloc_kmem_pages(flags, order);
+	ret = page ? page_address(page) : NULL;
+	kmemleak_alloc(ret, size, 1, flags);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmalloc_order);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACING
 void *kmalloc_order_trace(size_t size, gfp_t flags, unsigned int order)
 {
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index fc98318..ddb6079 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3311,8 +3311,8 @@
 	struct page *page;
 	void *ptr = NULL;
 
-	flags |= __GFP_COMP | __GFP_NOTRACK | __GFP_KMEMCG;
-	page = alloc_pages_node(node, flags, get_order(size));
+	flags |= __GFP_COMP | __GFP_NOTRACK;
+	page = alloc_kmem_pages_node(node, flags, get_order(size));
 	if (page)
 		ptr = page_address(page);
 
@@ -3381,7 +3381,7 @@
 	if (unlikely(!PageSlab(page))) {
 		BUG_ON(!PageCompound(page));
 		kfree_hook(x);
-		__free_memcg_kmem_pages(page, compound_order(page));
+		__free_kmem_pages(page, compound_order(page));
 		return;
 	}
 	slab_free(page->slab_cache, page, object, _RET_IP_);