diff --git a/include/linux/page_counter.h b/include/linux/page_counter.h
index 679591301994d..78a1c934e4163 100644
--- a/include/linux/page_counter.h
+++ b/include/linux/page_counter.h
@@ -3,15 +3,26 @@
 #define _LINUX_PAGE_COUNTER_H
 
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/cache.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_SMP)
+struct pc_padding {
+	char x[0];
+} ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp;
+#define PC_PADDING(name)	struct pc_padding name
+#else
+#define PC_PADDING(name)
+#endif
+
 struct page_counter {
+	/*
+	 * Make sure 'usage' does not share cacheline with any other field. The
+	 * memcg->memory.usage is a hot member of struct mem_cgroup.
+	 */
 	atomic_long_t usage;
-	unsigned long min;
-	unsigned long low;
-	unsigned long high;
-	unsigned long max;
+	PC_PADDING(_pad1_);
 
 	/* effective memory.min and memory.min usage tracking */
 	unsigned long emin;
@@ -23,18 +34,18 @@ struct page_counter {
 	atomic_long_t low_usage;
 	atomic_long_t children_low_usage;
 
-	/* legacy */
 	unsigned long watermark;
 	unsigned long failcnt;
 
-	/*
-	 * 'parent' is placed here to be far from 'usage' to reduce
-	 * cache false sharing, as 'usage' is written mostly while
-	 * parent is frequently read for cgroup's hierarchical
-	 * counting nature.
-	 */
+	/* Keep all the read most fields in a separete cacheline. */
+	PC_PADDING(_pad2_);
+
+	unsigned long min;
+	unsigned long low;
+	unsigned long high;
+	unsigned long max;
 	struct page_counter *parent;
-};
+} ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp;
 
 #if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
 #define PAGE_COUNTER_MAX LONG_MAX