diff --git a/mm/memcontrol-v1.h b/mm/memcontrol-v1.h
index f92f81108d5e..4fa6e2bc8413 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol-v1.h
+++ b/mm/memcontrol-v1.h
@@ -107,7 +107,11 @@ static inline void memcg1_remove_from_trees(struct mem_cgroup *memcg) {}
 static inline void memcg1_soft_limit_reset(struct mem_cgroup *memcg) {}
 static inline void memcg1_css_offline(struct mem_cgroup *memcg) {}
 
-static inline bool memcg1_oom_prepare(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, bool *locked) { return true; }
+static inline bool memcg1_oom_prepare(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, bool *locked)
+{
+	*locked = false;
+	return true;
+}
 static inline void memcg1_oom_finish(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, bool locked) {}
 static inline void memcg1_oom_recover(struct mem_cgroup *memcg) {}