{
        int id, ret = -ENOMEM;
 
+       if (mem_cgroup_disabled())
+               return -ENOSYS;
+
        down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
        /* This may call shrinker, so it must use down_read_trylock() */
        id = idr_alloc(&shrinker_idr, shrinker, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
 #else
 static int prealloc_memcg_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 {
-       return 0;
+       return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
 static void unregister_memcg_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
  */
 int prealloc_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 {
-       unsigned int size = sizeof(*shrinker->nr_deferred);
+       unsigned int size;
+       int err;
+
+       if (shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_MEMCG_AWARE) {
+               err = prealloc_memcg_shrinker(shrinker);
+               if (err != -ENOSYS)
+                       return err;
 
+               shrinker->flags &= ~SHRINKER_MEMCG_AWARE;
+       }
+
+       size = sizeof(*shrinker->nr_deferred);
        if (shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_NUMA_AWARE)
                size *= nr_node_ids;
 
        if (!shrinker->nr_deferred)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
-       if (shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_MEMCG_AWARE) {
-               if (prealloc_memcg_shrinker(shrinker))
-                       goto free_deferred;
-       }
-
        return 0;
-
-free_deferred:
-       kfree(shrinker->nr_deferred);
-       shrinker->nr_deferred = NULL;
-       return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 void free_prealloced_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 {
-       if (!shrinker->nr_deferred)
-               return;
-
        if (shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_MEMCG_AWARE) {
                down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
                unregister_memcg_shrinker(shrinker);
                up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
+               return;
        }
 
        kfree(shrinker->nr_deferred);