diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 78a1ec2e23fcf..d0c724f53691e 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -265,7 +265,8 @@ struct mem_cgroup {
 	struct mem_cgroup_per_node *nodeinfo[0];
 	/* WARNING: nodeinfo must be the last member here */
 };
-extern struct cgroup_subsys_state *mem_cgroup_root_css;
+
+extern struct mem_cgroup *root_mem_cgroup;
 
 /**
  * mem_cgroup_events - count memory events against a cgroup
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 7340353f8aea0..cc5d29d2da9b4 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ static int cgwb_bdi_init(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 
 	ret = wb_init(&bdi->wb, bdi, 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ret) {
-		bdi->wb.memcg_css = mem_cgroup_root_css;
+		bdi->wb.memcg_css = &root_mem_cgroup->css;
 		bdi->wb.blkcg_css = blkcg_root_css;
 	}
 	return ret;
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 0bc140d998add..44ed2dee8f0cd 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@
 struct cgroup_subsys memory_cgrp_subsys __read_mostly;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memory_cgrp_subsys);
 
+struct mem_cgroup *root_mem_cgroup __read_mostly;
+
 #define MEM_CGROUP_RECLAIM_RETRIES	5
-static struct mem_cgroup *root_mem_cgroup __read_mostly;
-struct cgroup_subsys_state *mem_cgroup_root_css __read_mostly;
 
 /* Whether the swap controller is active */
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_SWAP
@@ -4241,7 +4241,6 @@ mem_cgroup_css_alloc(struct cgroup_subsys_state *parent_css)
 	/* root ? */
 	if (parent_css == NULL) {
 		root_mem_cgroup = memcg;
-		mem_cgroup_root_css = &memcg->css;
 		page_counter_init(&memcg->memory, NULL);
 		memcg->high = PAGE_COUNTER_MAX;
 		memcg->soft_limit = PAGE_COUNTER_MAX;