diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index d58bb5f..c74102d 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -3050,6 +3050,23 @@
 	batch->memcg = NULL;
 }
 
+/*
+ * A function for resetting pc->mem_cgroup for newly allocated pages.
+ * This function should be called if the newpage will be added to LRU
+ * before start accounting.
+ */
+void mem_cgroup_reset_owner(struct page *newpage)
+{
+	struct page_cgroup *pc;
+
+	if (mem_cgroup_disabled())
+		return;
+
+	pc = lookup_page_cgroup(newpage);
+	VM_BUG_ON(PageCgroupUsed(pc));
+	pc->mem_cgroup = root_mem_cgroup;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
 /*
  * called after __delete_from_swap_cache() and drop "page" account.