diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 8d9f5fa4c6d3..92bf987d0a41 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -2898,12 +2898,20 @@ static void commit_charge(struct page *page, struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
+/*
+ * The allocated objcg pointers array is not accounted directly.
+ * Moreover, it should not come from DMA buffer and is not readily
+ * reclaimable. So those GFP bits should be masked off.
+ */
+#define OBJCGS_CLEAR_MASK	(__GFP_DMA | __GFP_RECLAIMABLE | __GFP_ACCOUNT)
+
 int memcg_alloc_page_obj_cgroups(struct page *page, struct kmem_cache *s,
 				 gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	unsigned int objects = objs_per_slab_page(s, page);
 	void *vec;
 
+	gfp &= ~OBJCGS_CLEAR_MASK;
 	vec = kcalloc_node(objects, sizeof(struct obj_cgroup *), gfp,
 			   page_to_nid(page));
 	if (!vec)
diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
index e258ffcfb0ef..944e8b2040ae 100644
--- a/mm/slab.h
+++ b/mm/slab.h
@@ -326,7 +326,6 @@ static inline void memcg_slab_post_alloc_hook(struct kmem_cache *s,
 	if (!memcg_kmem_enabled() || !objcg)
 		return;
 
-	flags &= ~__GFP_ACCOUNT;
 	for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
 		if (likely(p[i])) {
 			page = virt_to_head_page(p[i]);