diff --git a/include/linux/list_lru.h b/include/linux/list_lru.h
index aa5efd9351eb..d5ceb2839a2d 100644
--- a/include/linux/list_lru.h
+++ b/include/linux/list_lru.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ struct list_lru {
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
 	struct list_head	list;
 	int			shrinker_id;
+	bool			memcg_aware;
 #endif
 };
 
diff --git a/mm/list_lru.c b/mm/list_lru.c
index 0bdf3152735e..e4709fdaa8e6 100644
--- a/mm/list_lru.c
+++ b/mm/list_lru.c
@@ -38,11 +38,7 @@ static int lru_shrinker_id(struct list_lru *lru)
 
 static inline bool list_lru_memcg_aware(struct list_lru *lru)
 {
-	/*
-	 * This needs node 0 to be always present, even
-	 * in the systems supporting sparse numa ids.
-	 */
-	return !!lru->node[0].memcg_lrus;
+	return lru->memcg_aware;
 }
 
 static inline struct list_lru_one *
@@ -452,6 +448,8 @@ static int memcg_init_list_lru(struct list_lru *lru, bool memcg_aware)
 {
 	int i;
 
+	lru->memcg_aware = memcg_aware;
+
 	if (!memcg_aware)
 		return 0;