diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 177732fef010..2bc9a7238939 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -4002,11 +4002,10 @@ static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_alloc(struct mem_cgroup *parent)
 	if (!memcg1_alloc_events(memcg))
 		goto fail;
 
+	pstatc_pcpu = parent ? parent->vmstats_percpu : NULL;
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
-		if (parent)
-			pstatc_pcpu = parent->vmstats_percpu;
 		statc = per_cpu_ptr(memcg->vmstats_percpu, cpu);
-		statc->parent_pcpu = parent ? pstatc_pcpu : NULL;
+		statc->parent_pcpu = pstatc_pcpu;
 		statc->vmstats = memcg->vmstats;
 	}