diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index df11d6d19ee3..484a9d2862d4 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -5621,7 +5621,7 @@ static int mem_cgroup_css_online(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 	if (alloc_shrinker_info(memcg))
 		goto offline_kmem;
 
-	if (unlikely(mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg)))
+	if (unlikely(mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg)) && !mem_cgroup_disabled())
 		queue_delayed_work(system_unbound_wq, &stats_flush_dwork,
 				   FLUSH_TIME);
 	lru_gen_online_memcg(memcg);