diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 96f3fc8..ab7f028 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -491,6 +491,9 @@
 void __memcg_kmem_uncharge_pages(struct page *page, int order);
 
 int memcg_cache_id(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
+
+char *memcg_create_cache_name(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+			      struct kmem_cache *root_cache);
 int memcg_alloc_cache_params(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct kmem_cache *s,
 			     struct kmem_cache *root_cache);
 void memcg_free_cache_params(struct kmem_cache *s);
@@ -635,6 +638,12 @@
 	return -1;
 }
 
+static inline char *memcg_create_cache_name(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+					    struct kmem_cache *root_cache)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 static inline int memcg_alloc_cache_params(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 		struct kmem_cache *s, struct kmem_cache *root_cache)
 {
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index e33b1d0..32c7342 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -3094,6 +3094,29 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+char *memcg_create_cache_name(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+			      struct kmem_cache *root_cache)
+{
+	static char *buf = NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * We need a mutex here to protect the shared buffer. Since this is
+	 * expected to be called only on cache creation, we can employ the
+	 * slab_mutex for that purpose.
+	 */
+	lockdep_assert_held(&slab_mutex);
+
+	if (!buf) {
+		buf = kmalloc(NAME_MAX + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!buf)
+			return NULL;
+	}
+
+	cgroup_name(memcg->css.cgroup, buf, NAME_MAX + 1);
+	return kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s(%d:%s)", root_cache->name,
+			 memcg_cache_id(memcg), buf);
+}
+
 int memcg_alloc_cache_params(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct kmem_cache *s,
 			     struct kmem_cache *root_cache)
 {
@@ -3298,46 +3321,6 @@
 	schedule_work(&cachep->memcg_params->destroy);
 }
 
-static struct kmem_cache *memcg_create_kmem_cache(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
-						  struct kmem_cache *s)
-{
-	struct kmem_cache *new = NULL;
-	static char *tmp_path = NULL, *tmp_name = NULL;
-	static DEFINE_MUTEX(mutex);	/* protects tmp_name */
-
-	BUG_ON(!memcg_can_account_kmem(memcg));
-
-	mutex_lock(&mutex);
-	/*
-	 * kmem_cache_create_memcg duplicates the given name and
-	 * cgroup_name for this name requires RCU context.
-	 * This static temporary buffer is used to prevent from
-	 * pointless shortliving allocation.
-	 */
-	if (!tmp_path || !tmp_name) {
-		if (!tmp_path)
-			tmp_path = kmalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!tmp_name)
-			tmp_name = kmalloc(NAME_MAX + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!tmp_path || !tmp_name)
-			goto out;
-	}
-
-	cgroup_name(memcg->css.cgroup, tmp_name, NAME_MAX + 1);
-	snprintf(tmp_path, PATH_MAX, "%s(%d:%s)", s->name,
-		 memcg_cache_id(memcg), tmp_name);
-
-	new = kmem_cache_create_memcg(memcg, tmp_path, s->object_size, s->align,
-				      (s->flags & ~SLAB_PANIC), s->ctor, s);
-	if (new)
-		new->allocflags |= __GFP_KMEMCG;
-	else
-		new = s;
-out:
-	mutex_unlock(&mutex);
-	return new;
-}
-
 void kmem_cache_destroy_memcg_children(struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
 	struct kmem_cache *c;
@@ -3384,12 +3367,6 @@
 	mutex_unlock(&activate_kmem_mutex);
 }
 
-struct create_work {
-	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
-	struct kmem_cache *cachep;
-	struct work_struct work;
-};
-
 static void mem_cgroup_destroy_all_caches(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
 	struct kmem_cache *cachep;
@@ -3407,13 +3384,25 @@
 	mutex_unlock(&memcg->slab_caches_mutex);
 }
 
+struct create_work {
+	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
+	struct kmem_cache *cachep;
+	struct work_struct work;
+};
+
 static void memcg_create_cache_work_func(struct work_struct *w)
 {
-	struct create_work *cw;
+	struct create_work *cw = container_of(w, struct create_work, work);
+	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = cw->memcg;
+	struct kmem_cache *cachep = cw->cachep;
+	struct kmem_cache *new;
 
-	cw = container_of(w, struct create_work, work);
-	memcg_create_kmem_cache(cw->memcg, cw->cachep);
-	css_put(&cw->memcg->css);
+	new = kmem_cache_create_memcg(memcg, cachep->name,
+			cachep->object_size, cachep->align,
+			cachep->flags & ~SLAB_PANIC, cachep->ctor, cachep);
+	if (new)
+		new->allocflags |= __GFP_KMEMCG;
+	css_put(&memcg->css);
 	kfree(cw);
 }
 
diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index e77b51e..11857ab 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -215,7 +215,10 @@
 	s->align = calculate_alignment(flags, align, size);
 	s->ctor = ctor;
 
-	s->name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (memcg)
+		s->name = memcg_create_cache_name(memcg, parent_cache);
+	else
+		s->name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!s->name)
 		goto out_free_cache;