diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index b174c0cf5a81..96cd7eae800b 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -651,11 +651,17 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(stats_flush_lock);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, stats_updates);
 static atomic_t stats_flush_threshold = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 
-static inline void memcg_rstat_updated(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+static inline void memcg_rstat_updated(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int val)
 {
+	unsigned int x;
+
 	cgroup_rstat_updated(memcg->css.cgroup, smp_processor_id());
-	if (!(__this_cpu_inc_return(stats_updates) % MEMCG_CHARGE_BATCH))
-		atomic_inc(&stats_flush_threshold);
+
+	x = __this_cpu_add_return(stats_updates, abs(val));
+	if (x > MEMCG_CHARGE_BATCH) {
+		atomic_add(x / MEMCG_CHARGE_BATCH, &stats_flush_threshold);
+		__this_cpu_write(stats_updates, 0);
+	}
 }
 
 static void __mem_cgroup_flush_stats(void)
@@ -678,7 +684,7 @@ void mem_cgroup_flush_stats(void)
 
 static void flush_memcg_stats_dwork(struct work_struct *w)
 {
-	mem_cgroup_flush_stats();
+	__mem_cgroup_flush_stats();
 	queue_delayed_work(system_unbound_wq, &stats_flush_dwork, 2UL*HZ);
 }
 
@@ -694,7 +700,7 @@ void __mod_memcg_state(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int idx, int val)
 		return;
 
 	__this_cpu_add(memcg->vmstats_percpu->state[idx], val);
-	memcg_rstat_updated(memcg);
+	memcg_rstat_updated(memcg, val);
 }
 
 /* idx can be of type enum memcg_stat_item or node_stat_item. */
@@ -727,7 +733,7 @@ void __mod_memcg_lruvec_state(struct lruvec *lruvec, enum node_stat_item idx,
 	/* Update lruvec */
 	__this_cpu_add(pn->lruvec_stats_percpu->state[idx], val);
 
-	memcg_rstat_updated(memcg);
+	memcg_rstat_updated(memcg, val);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -829,7 +835,7 @@ void __count_memcg_events(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, enum vm_event_item idx,
 		return;
 
 	__this_cpu_add(memcg->vmstats_percpu->events[idx], count);
-	memcg_rstat_updated(memcg);
+	memcg_rstat_updated(memcg, count);
 }
 
 static unsigned long memcg_events(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int event)