diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index ea1e879b2db6..a7165a60d0a7 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -3763,7 +3763,7 @@ static int mem_cgroup_force_empty(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, bool free_all)
 			goto try_to_free;
 		cond_resched();
 	/* "ret" should also be checked to ensure all lists are empty. */
-	} while (memcg->res.usage > 0 || ret);
+	} while (res_counter_read_u64(&memcg->res, RES_USAGE) > 0 || ret);
 out:
 	css_put(&memcg->css);
 	return ret;
@@ -3778,7 +3778,7 @@ static int mem_cgroup_force_empty(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, bool free_all)
 	lru_add_drain_all();
 	/* try to free all pages in this cgroup */
 	shrink = 1;
-	while (nr_retries && memcg->res.usage > 0) {
+	while (nr_retries && res_counter_read_u64(&memcg->res, RES_USAGE) > 0) {
 		int progress;
 
 		if (signal_pending(current)) {