diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 53b8201b31eb..2b552224f5cf 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -3012,6 +3012,8 @@ void memcg_update_array_size(int num)
 		memcg_limited_groups_array_size = memcg_caches_array_size(num);
 }
 
+static void kmem_cache_destroy_work_func(struct work_struct *w);
+
 int memcg_update_cache_size(struct kmem_cache *s, int num_groups)
 {
 	struct memcg_cache_params *cur_params = s->memcg_params;
@@ -3031,6 +3033,8 @@ int memcg_update_cache_size(struct kmem_cache *s, int num_groups)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
 
+		INIT_WORK(&s->memcg_params->destroy,
+				kmem_cache_destroy_work_func);
 		s->memcg_params->is_root_cache = true;
 
 		/*
@@ -3078,6 +3082,8 @@ int memcg_register_cache(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct kmem_cache *s,
 	if (!s->memcg_params)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	INIT_WORK(&s->memcg_params->destroy,
+			kmem_cache_destroy_work_func);
 	if (memcg) {
 		s->memcg_params->memcg = memcg;
 		s->memcg_params->root_cache = root_cache;
@@ -3358,8 +3364,6 @@ static void mem_cgroup_destroy_all_caches(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 	list_for_each_entry(params, &memcg->memcg_slab_caches, list) {
 		cachep = memcg_params_to_cache(params);
 		cachep->memcg_params->dead = true;
-		INIT_WORK(&cachep->memcg_params->destroy,
-				  kmem_cache_destroy_work_func);
 		schedule_work(&cachep->memcg_params->destroy);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&memcg->slab_caches_mutex);