diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index 62733bbcc971..afdd73553b88 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ void memcg_create_kmem_cache(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 	 * The memory cgroup could have been offlined while the cache
 	 * creation work was pending.
 	 */
-	if (memcg->kmem_state != KMEM_ONLINE || root_cache->memcg_params.dying)
+	if (memcg->kmem_state != KMEM_ONLINE)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	idx = memcg_cache_id(memcg);