diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 3096c9a0ee01..d9b8df5ef212 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ struct obj_cgroup {
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
 	atomic_t nr_charged_bytes;
 	union {
-		struct list_head list;
+		struct list_head list; /* protected by objcg_lock */
 		struct rcu_head rcu;
 	};
 };
@@ -320,7 +320,8 @@ struct mem_cgroup {
 	int kmemcg_id;
 	enum memcg_kmem_state kmem_state;
 	struct obj_cgroup __rcu *objcg;
-	struct list_head objcg_list; /* list of inherited objcgs */
+	/* list of inherited objcgs, protected by objcg_lock */
+	struct list_head objcg_list;
 #endif
 
 	MEMCG_PADDING(_pad2_);
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 96cd7eae800b..32ba963ebf2e 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ struct mem_cgroup *vmpressure_to_memcg(struct vmpressure *vmpr)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
-extern spinlock_t css_set_lock;
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(objcg_lock);
 
 bool mem_cgroup_kmem_disabled(void)
 {
@@ -298,9 +298,9 @@ static void obj_cgroup_release(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 	if (nr_pages)
 		obj_cgroup_uncharge_pages(objcg, nr_pages);
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&css_set_lock, flags);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&objcg_lock, flags);
 	list_del(&objcg->list);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&css_set_lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&objcg_lock, flags);
 
 	percpu_ref_exit(ref);
 	kfree_rcu(objcg, rcu);
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static void memcg_reparent_objcgs(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 
 	objcg = rcu_replace_pointer(memcg->objcg, NULL, true);
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&css_set_lock);
+	spin_lock_irq(&objcg_lock);
 
 	/* 1) Ready to reparent active objcg. */
 	list_add(&objcg->list, &memcg->objcg_list);
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static void memcg_reparent_objcgs(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 	/* 3) Move already reparented objcgs to the parent's list */
 	list_splice(&memcg->objcg_list, &parent->objcg_list);
 
-	spin_unlock_irq(&css_set_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&objcg_lock);
 
 	percpu_ref_kill(&objcg->refcnt);
 }