diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 24794b56eaafd5084d3a75c53097a46761a539d4..287c54141a90935f833c0ea321d8eb8678e855e0 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -769,28 +769,32 @@ static inline void mem_cgroup_protection(struct mem_cgroup *root,
 void mem_cgroup_calculate_protection(struct mem_cgroup *root,
 				     struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
 
-static inline bool mem_cgroup_supports_protection(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+static inline bool mem_cgroup_unprotected(struct mem_cgroup *target,
+					  struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
 	/*
 	 * The root memcg doesn't account charges, and doesn't support
-	 * protection.
+	 * protection. The target memcg's protection is ignored, see
+	 * mem_cgroup_calculate_protection() and mem_cgroup_protection()
 	 */
-	return !mem_cgroup_disabled() && !mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg);
-
+	return mem_cgroup_disabled() || mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg) ||
+		memcg == target;
 }
 
-static inline bool mem_cgroup_below_low(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+static inline bool mem_cgroup_below_low(struct mem_cgroup *target,
+					struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
-	if (!mem_cgroup_supports_protection(memcg))
+	if (mem_cgroup_unprotected(target, memcg))
 		return false;
 
 	return READ_ONCE(memcg->memory.elow) >=
 		page_counter_read(&memcg->memory);
 }
 
-static inline bool mem_cgroup_below_min(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+static inline bool mem_cgroup_below_min(struct mem_cgroup *target,
+					struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
-	if (!mem_cgroup_supports_protection(memcg))
+	if (mem_cgroup_unprotected(target, memcg))
 		return false;
 
 	return READ_ONCE(memcg->memory.emin) >=
@@ -1378,12 +1382,19 @@ static inline void mem_cgroup_calculate_protection(struct mem_cgroup *root,
 {
 }
 
-static inline bool mem_cgroup_below_low(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+static inline bool mem_cgroup_unprotected(struct mem_cgroup *target,
+					  struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+static inline bool mem_cgroup_below_low(struct mem_cgroup *target,
+					struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
 	return false;
 }
 
-static inline bool mem_cgroup_below_min(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+static inline bool mem_cgroup_below_min(struct mem_cgroup *target,
+					struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
 	return false;
 }
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 3d383c7126e3f464554d9a2e2351ad7e6e160450..044bf496885bf7af5cd9589ab93ee103fb417067 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2860,13 +2860,13 @@ static void shrink_node_memcgs(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct scan_control *sc)
 
 		mem_cgroup_calculate_protection(target_memcg, memcg);
 
-		if (mem_cgroup_below_min(memcg)) {
+		if (mem_cgroup_below_min(target_memcg, memcg)) {
 			/*
 			 * Hard protection.
 			 * If there is no reclaimable memory, OOM.
 			 */
 			continue;
-		} else if (mem_cgroup_below_low(memcg)) {
+		} else if (mem_cgroup_below_low(target_memcg, memcg)) {
 			/*
 			 * Soft protection.
 			 * Respect the protection only as long as