diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 19fa795bbefe55fb7f17a024b8f0fd16f8e86c64..584866ed92f14751b00142ed7f27d5c1468eb577 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -5952,7 +5952,7 @@ static int mem_cgroup_css_online(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 	refcount_set(&memcg->id.ref, 1);
 	css_get(css);
 
-	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,
 				   2UL*HZ);
 	return 0;