diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_memcontrol.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_memcontrol.c
index 7fed04f875c1..49978788a9dc 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_memcontrol.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_memcontrol.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ void tcp_destroy_cgroup(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 	tcp = tcp_from_cgproto(cg_proto);
 	percpu_counter_destroy(&tcp->tcp_sockets_allocated);
 
-	val = res_counter_read_u64(&tcp->tcp_memory_allocated, RES_USAGE);
+	val = res_counter_read_u64(&tcp->tcp_memory_allocated, RES_LIMIT);
 
 	if (val != RESOURCE_MAX)
 		jump_label_dec(&memcg_socket_limit_enabled);