diff --git a/include/linux/list_lru.h b/include/linux/list_lru.h
index fa7fd03cb5f9..f2e966937e39 100644
--- a/include/linux/list_lru.h
+++ b/include/linux/list_lru.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ struct list_lru {
 	struct list_lru_node	*node;
 #if defined(CONFIG_MEMCG) && !defined(CONFIG_SLOB)
 	struct list_head	list;
+	bool			memcg_aware;
 #endif
 };
 
diff --git a/mm/list_lru.c b/mm/list_lru.c
index 7a40fa2be858..db3a77c60201 100644
--- a/mm/list_lru.c
+++ b/mm/list_lru.c
@@ -42,11 +42,7 @@ static void list_lru_unregister(struct list_lru *lru)
 #if defined(CONFIG_MEMCG) && !defined(CONFIG_SLOB)
 static inline bool list_lru_memcg_aware(struct list_lru *lru)
 {
-	/*
-	 * This needs node 0 to be always present, even
-	 * in the systems supporting sparse numa ids.
-	 */
-	return !!lru->node[0].memcg_lrus;
+	return lru->memcg_aware;
 }
 
 static inline struct list_lru_one *
@@ -389,6 +385,8 @@ static int memcg_init_list_lru(struct list_lru *lru, bool memcg_aware)
 {
 	int i;
 
+	lru->memcg_aware = memcg_aware;
+
 	if (!memcg_aware)
 		return 0;