static void mem_cgroup_get(struct mem_cgroup *mem);
 static void mem_cgroup_put(struct mem_cgroup *mem);
+static struct mem_cgroup *parent_mem_cgroup(struct mem_cgroup *mem);
 
 static void mem_cgroup_charge_statistics(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
                                         struct page_cgroup *pc,
 
 static void mem_cgroup_put(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
 {
-       if (atomic_dec_and_test(&mem->refcnt))
+       if (atomic_dec_and_test(&mem->refcnt)) {
+               struct mem_cgroup *parent = parent_mem_cgroup(mem);
                __mem_cgroup_free(mem);
+               if (parent)
+                       mem_cgroup_put(parent);
+       }
 }
 
+/*
+ * Returns the parent mem_cgroup in memcgroup hierarchy with hierarchy enabled.
+ */
+static struct mem_cgroup *parent_mem_cgroup(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
+{
+       if (!mem->res.parent)
+               return NULL;
+       return mem_cgroup_from_res_counter(mem->res.parent, res);
+}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP
 static void __init enable_swap_cgroup(void)
        if (parent && parent->use_hierarchy) {
                res_counter_init(&mem->res, &parent->res);
                res_counter_init(&mem->memsw, &parent->memsw);
+               /*
+                * We increment refcnt of the parent to ensure that we can
+                * safely access it on res_counter_charge/uncharge.
+                * This refcnt will be decremented when freeing this
+                * mem_cgroup(see mem_cgroup_put).
+                */
+               mem_cgroup_get(parent);
        } else {
                res_counter_init(&mem->res, NULL);
                res_counter_init(&mem->memsw, NULL);