diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 6877c765b8d03..b9688a4b1d550 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -2887,6 +2887,17 @@ struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_from_obj(void *p)
 
 	page = virt_to_head_page(p);
 
+	/*
+	 * If page->mem_cgroup is set, it's either a simple mem_cgroup pointer
+	 * or a pointer to obj_cgroup vector. In the latter case the lowest
+	 * bit of the pointer is set.
+	 * The page->mem_cgroup pointer can be asynchronously changed
+	 * from NULL to (obj_cgroup_vec | 0x1UL), but can't be changed
+	 * from a valid memcg pointer to objcg vector or back.
+	 */
+	if (!page->mem_cgroup)
+		return NULL;
+
 	/*
 	 * Slab objects are accounted individually, not per-page.
 	 * Memcg membership data for each individual object is saved in