diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 4fcf47a62550..1eb1a04f874c 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1832,6 +1832,7 @@ static int __mem_cgroup_do_charge(struct mem_cgroup *mem, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 		if (likely(!ret))
 			return CHARGE_OK;
 
+		res_counter_uncharge(&mem->res, csize);
 		mem_over_limit = mem_cgroup_from_res_counter(fail_res, memsw);
 		flags |= MEM_CGROUP_RECLAIM_NOSWAP;
 	} else