diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 56432ff..70789df 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@
 
 extern void mm_init_cgroup(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *p);
 extern void mm_free_cgroup(struct mm_struct *mm);
-extern void page_assign_page_cgroup(struct page *page,
-					struct page_cgroup *pc);
+
+#define page_reset_bad_cgroup(page)	((page)->page_cgroup = 0)
+
 extern struct page_cgroup *page_get_page_cgroup(struct page *page);
 extern int mem_cgroup_charge(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm,
 				gfp_t gfp_mask);
@@ -82,8 +83,7 @@
 {
 }
 
-static inline void page_assign_page_cgroup(struct page *page,
-						struct page_cgroup *pc)
+static inline void page_reset_bad_cgroup(struct page *page)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index afdd406..9e170d3 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -140,11 +140,17 @@
 
 /*
  * We use the lower bit of the page->page_cgroup pointer as a bit spin
- * lock. We need to ensure that page->page_cgroup is atleast two
- * byte aligned (based on comments from Nick Piggin)
+ * lock.  We need to ensure that page->page_cgroup is at least two
+ * byte aligned (based on comments from Nick Piggin).  But since
+ * bit_spin_lock doesn't actually set that lock bit in a non-debug
+ * uniprocessor kernel, we should avoid setting it here too.
  */
 #define PAGE_CGROUP_LOCK_BIT 	0x0
-#define PAGE_CGROUP_LOCK 		(1 << PAGE_CGROUP_LOCK_BIT)
+#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) || defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK)
+#define PAGE_CGROUP_LOCK 	(1 << PAGE_CGROUP_LOCK_BIT)
+#else
+#define PAGE_CGROUP_LOCK	0x0
+#endif
 
 /*
  * A page_cgroup page is associated with every page descriptor. The
@@ -271,19 +277,10 @@
 					&page->page_cgroup);
 }
 
-void page_assign_page_cgroup(struct page *page, struct page_cgroup *pc)
+static void page_assign_page_cgroup(struct page *page, struct page_cgroup *pc)
 {
-	int locked;
-
-	/*
-	 * While resetting the page_cgroup we might not hold the
-	 * page_cgroup lock. free_hot_cold_page() is an example
-	 * of such a scenario
-	 */
-	if (pc)
-		VM_BUG_ON(!page_cgroup_locked(page));
-	locked = (page->page_cgroup & PAGE_CGROUP_LOCK);
-	page->page_cgroup = ((unsigned long)pc | locked);
+	VM_BUG_ON(!page_cgroup_locked(page));
+	page->page_cgroup = ((unsigned long)pc | PAGE_CGROUP_LOCK);
 }
 
 struct page_cgroup *page_get_page_cgroup(struct page *page)
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index e76cf94..402a504 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -222,13 +222,19 @@
 
 static void bad_page(struct page *page)
 {
-	printk(KERN_EMERG "Bad page state in process '%s'\n"
-		KERN_EMERG "page:%p flags:0x%0*lx mapping:%p mapcount:%d count:%d\n"
-		KERN_EMERG "Trying to fix it up, but a reboot is needed\n"
-		KERN_EMERG "Backtrace:\n",
+	void *pc = page_get_page_cgroup(page);
+
+	printk(KERN_EMERG "Bad page state in process '%s'\n" KERN_EMERG
+		"page:%p flags:0x%0*lx mapping:%p mapcount:%d count:%d\n",
 		current->comm, page, (int)(2*sizeof(unsigned long)),
 		(unsigned long)page->flags, page->mapping,
 		page_mapcount(page), page_count(page));
+	if (pc) {
+		printk(KERN_EMERG "cgroup:%p\n", pc);
+		page_reset_bad_cgroup(page);
+	}
+	printk(KERN_EMERG "Trying to fix it up, but a reboot is needed\n"
+		KERN_EMERG "Backtrace:\n");
 	dump_stack();
 	page->flags &= ~(1 << PG_lru	|
 			1 << PG_private |
@@ -454,6 +460,7 @@
 {
 	if (unlikely(page_mapcount(page) |
 		(page->mapping != NULL)  |
+		(page_get_page_cgroup(page) != NULL) |
 		(page_count(page) != 0)  |
 		(page->flags & (
 			1 << PG_lru	|
@@ -603,6 +610,7 @@
 {
 	if (unlikely(page_mapcount(page) |
 		(page->mapping != NULL)  |
+		(page_get_page_cgroup(page) != NULL) |
 		(page_count(page) != 0)  |
 		(page->flags & (
 			1 << PG_lru	|
@@ -989,7 +997,6 @@
 
 	if (!PageHighMem(page))
 		debug_check_no_locks_freed(page_address(page), PAGE_SIZE);
-	VM_BUG_ON(page_get_page_cgroup(page));
 	arch_free_page(page, 0);
 	kernel_map_pages(page, 1, 0);
 
@@ -2528,7 +2535,6 @@
 		set_page_links(page, zone, nid, pfn);
 		init_page_count(page);
 		reset_page_mapcount(page);
-		page_assign_page_cgroup(page, NULL);
 		SetPageReserved(page);
 
 		/*