diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 1fedbde68f59..d9b5c817dce8 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -3387,6 +3387,7 @@ static int __mem_cgroup_usage_register_event(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 	ret = page_counter_memparse(args, "-1", &threshold);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
+	threshold <<= PAGE_SHIFT;
 
 	mutex_lock(&memcg->thresholds_lock);