diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 061dd202979d..97ef480db0da 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -842,13 +842,13 @@ struct buffer_head *alloc_page_buffers(struct page *page, unsigned long size,
 	struct buffer_head *bh, *head;
 	gfp_t gfp = GFP_NOFS | __GFP_ACCOUNT;
 	long offset;
-	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
+	struct mem_cgroup *memcg, *old_memcg;
 
 	if (retry)
 		gfp |= __GFP_NOFAIL;
 
 	memcg = get_mem_cgroup_from_page(page);
-	memalloc_use_memcg(memcg);
+	old_memcg = memalloc_use_memcg(memcg);
 
 	head = NULL;
 	offset = PAGE_SIZE;
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ struct buffer_head *alloc_page_buffers(struct page *page, unsigned long size,
 		set_bh_page(bh, page, offset);
 	}
 out:
-	memalloc_unuse_memcg();
+	memalloc_use_memcg(old_memcg);
 	mem_cgroup_put(memcg);
 	return head;
 /*
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
index c942910a8649..0e59fa57f6d7 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
@@ -531,6 +531,7 @@ static struct fanotify_event *fanotify_alloc_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 	struct inode *dirid = fanotify_dfid_inode(mask, data, data_type, dir);
 	const struct path *path = fsnotify_data_path(data, data_type);
 	unsigned int fid_mode = FAN_GROUP_FLAG(group, FANOTIFY_FID_BITS);
+	struct mem_cgroup *old_memcg;
 	struct inode *child = NULL;
 	bool name_event = false;
 
@@ -580,7 +581,7 @@ static struct fanotify_event *fanotify_alloc_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 		gfp |= __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL;
 
 	/* Whoever is interested in the event, pays for the allocation. */
-	memalloc_use_memcg(group->memcg);
+	old_memcg = memalloc_use_memcg(group->memcg);
 
 	if (fanotify_is_perm_event(mask)) {
 		event = fanotify_alloc_perm_event(path, gfp);
@@ -608,7 +609,7 @@ static struct fanotify_event *fanotify_alloc_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 		event->pid = get_pid(task_tgid(current));
 
 out:
-	memalloc_unuse_memcg();
+	memalloc_use_memcg(old_memcg);
 	return event;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
index a65cf8c9f600..8017a51561c4 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ static int inotify_one_event(struct fsnotify_group *group, u32 mask,
 	int ret;
 	int len = 0;
 	int alloc_len = sizeof(struct inotify_event_info);
+	struct mem_cgroup *old_memcg;
 
 	if ((inode_mark->mask & FS_EXCL_UNLINK) &&
 	    path && d_unlinked(path->dentry))
@@ -87,9 +88,9 @@ static int inotify_one_event(struct fsnotify_group *group, u32 mask,
 	 * trigger OOM killer in the target monitoring memcg as it may have
 	 * security repercussion.
 	 */
-	memalloc_use_memcg(group->memcg);
+	old_memcg = memalloc_use_memcg(group->memcg);
 	event = kmalloc(alloc_len, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT | __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL);
-	memalloc_unuse_memcg();
+	memalloc_use_memcg(old_memcg);
 
 	if (unlikely(!event)) {
 		/*
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/mm.h b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
index f889e332912f..b8fde48d44a9 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
@@ -312,31 +312,21 @@ static inline void memalloc_nocma_restore(unsigned int flags)
  * __GFP_ACCOUNT allocations till the end of the scope will be charged to the
  * given memcg.
  *
- * NOTE: This function is not nesting safe.
+ * NOTE: This function can nest. Users must save the return value and
+ * reset the previous value after their own charging scope is over
  */
-static inline void memalloc_use_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+static inline struct mem_cgroup *
+memalloc_use_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(current->active_memcg);
+	struct mem_cgroup *old = current->active_memcg;
 	current->active_memcg = memcg;
-}
-
-/**
- * memalloc_unuse_memcg - Ends the remote memcg charging scope.
- *
- * This function marks the end of the remote memcg charging scope started by
- * memalloc_use_memcg().
- */
-static inline void memalloc_unuse_memcg(void)
-{
-	current->active_memcg = NULL;
+	return old;
 }
 #else
-static inline void memalloc_use_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
-{
-}
-
-static inline void memalloc_unuse_memcg(void)
+static inline struct mem_cgroup *
+memalloc_use_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
+	return NULL;
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index b807952b4d43..b2468c80085d 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -5271,12 +5271,12 @@ static struct cgroup_subsys_state * __ref
 mem_cgroup_css_alloc(struct cgroup_subsys_state *parent_css)
 {
 	struct mem_cgroup *parent = mem_cgroup_from_css(parent_css);
-	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
+	struct mem_cgroup *memcg, *old_memcg;
 	long error = -ENOMEM;
 
-	memalloc_use_memcg(parent);
+	old_memcg = memalloc_use_memcg(parent);
 	memcg = mem_cgroup_alloc();
-	memalloc_unuse_memcg();
+	memalloc_use_memcg(old_memcg);
 	if (IS_ERR(memcg))
 		return ERR_CAST(memcg);
 
