diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index a6ba1f8871fd..b3ebe6b3e7db 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -70,16 +70,16 @@
 struct cgroup;
 struct cgroup_subsys;
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET
-int mem_cgroup_sockets_init(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *ss);
-void mem_cgroup_sockets_destroy(struct cgroup *cgrp);
+int mem_cgroup_sockets_init(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct cgroup_subsys *ss);
+void mem_cgroup_sockets_destroy(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
 #else
 static inline
-int mem_cgroup_sockets_init(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
+int mem_cgroup_sockets_init(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
 static inline
-void mem_cgroup_sockets_destroy(struct cgroup *cgrp)
+void mem_cgroup_sockets_destroy(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
 }
 #endif
@@ -900,9 +900,9 @@ struct proto {
 	 * This function has to setup any files the protocol want to
 	 * appear in the kmem cgroup filesystem.
 	 */
-	int			(*init_cgroup)(struct cgroup *cgrp,
+	int			(*init_cgroup)(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 					       struct cgroup_subsys *ss);
-	void			(*destroy_cgroup)(struct cgroup *cgrp);
+	void			(*destroy_cgroup)(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
 	struct cg_proto		*(*proto_cgroup)(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
 #endif
 };
diff --git a/include/net/tcp_memcontrol.h b/include/net/tcp_memcontrol.h
index 48410ff25c9e..7df18bc43a97 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp_memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp_memcontrol.h
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ struct tcp_memcontrol {
 };
 
 struct cg_proto *tcp_proto_cgroup(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
-int tcp_init_cgroup(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *ss);
-void tcp_destroy_cgroup(struct cgroup *cgrp);
+int tcp_init_cgroup(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct cgroup_subsys *ss);
+void tcp_destroy_cgroup(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
 unsigned long long tcp_max_memory(const struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
 void tcp_prot_mem(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, long val, int idx);
 #endif /* _TCP_MEMCG_H */
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index d28359cd6b55..785c32367075 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -4640,29 +4640,22 @@ static int mem_control_numa_stat_open(struct inode *unused, struct file *file)
 #endif /* CONFIG_NUMA */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_KMEM
-static int register_kmem_files(struct cgroup *cont, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
+static int register_kmem_files(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 {
-	/*
-	 * Part of this would be better living in a separate allocation
-	 * function, leaving us with just the cgroup tree population work.
-	 * We, however, depend on state such as network's proto_list that
-	 * is only initialized after cgroup creation. I found the less
-	 * cumbersome way to deal with it to defer it all to populate time
-	 */
-	return mem_cgroup_sockets_init(cont, ss);
+	return mem_cgroup_sockets_init(memcg, ss);
 };
 
-static void kmem_cgroup_destroy(struct cgroup *cont)
+static void kmem_cgroup_destroy(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
-	mem_cgroup_sockets_destroy(cont);
+	mem_cgroup_sockets_destroy(memcg);
 }
 #else
-static int register_kmem_files(struct cgroup *cont, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
+static int register_kmem_files(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void kmem_cgroup_destroy(struct cgroup *cont)
+static void kmem_cgroup_destroy(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
 }
 #endif
@@ -5034,7 +5027,7 @@ static void mem_cgroup_destroy(struct cgroup *cont)
 {
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = mem_cgroup_from_cont(cont);
 
-	kmem_cgroup_destroy(cont);
+	kmem_cgroup_destroy(memcg);
 
 	mem_cgroup_put(memcg);
 }
@@ -5042,7 +5035,8 @@ static void mem_cgroup_destroy(struct cgroup *cont)
 static int mem_cgroup_populate(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
 				struct cgroup *cont)
 {
-	return register_kmem_files(cont, ss);
+	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = mem_cgroup_from_cont(cont);
+	return register_kmem_files(memcg, ss);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index b2e14c07d920..878f7447cf61 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(proto_list_mutex);
 static LIST_HEAD(proto_list);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_KMEM
-int mem_cgroup_sockets_init(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
+int mem_cgroup_sockets_init(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 {
 	struct proto *proto;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ int mem_cgroup_sockets_init(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 	mutex_lock(&proto_list_mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry(proto, &proto_list, node) {
 		if (proto->init_cgroup) {
-			ret = proto->init_cgroup(cgrp, ss);
+			ret = proto->init_cgroup(memcg, ss);
 			if (ret)
 				goto out;
 		}
@@ -159,19 +159,19 @@ int mem_cgroup_sockets_init(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 out:
 	list_for_each_entry_continue_reverse(proto, &proto_list, node)
 		if (proto->destroy_cgroup)
-			proto->destroy_cgroup(cgrp);
+			proto->destroy_cgroup(memcg);
 	mutex_unlock(&proto_list_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
 
-void mem_cgroup_sockets_destroy(struct cgroup *cgrp)
+void mem_cgroup_sockets_destroy(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
 	struct proto *proto;
 
 	mutex_lock(&proto_list_mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry_reverse(proto, &proto_list, node)
 		if (proto->destroy_cgroup)
-			proto->destroy_cgroup(cgrp);
+			proto->destroy_cgroup(memcg);
 	mutex_unlock(&proto_list_mutex);
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_memcontrol.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_memcontrol.c
index 8f1753defa5c..151703791bb0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_memcontrol.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_memcontrol.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ static void memcg_tcp_enter_memory_pressure(struct sock *sk)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcg_tcp_enter_memory_pressure);
 
-int tcp_init_cgroup(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
+int tcp_init_cgroup(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 {
 	/*
 	 * The root cgroup does not use res_counters, but rather,
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ int tcp_init_cgroup(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 	struct res_counter *res_parent = NULL;
 	struct cg_proto *cg_proto, *parent_cg;
 	struct tcp_memcontrol *tcp;
-	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = mem_cgroup_from_cont(cgrp);
 	struct mem_cgroup *parent = parent_mem_cgroup(memcg);
 	struct net *net = current->nsproxy->net_ns;
 
@@ -61,9 +60,8 @@ int tcp_init_cgroup(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcp_init_cgroup);
 
-void tcp_destroy_cgroup(struct cgroup *cgrp)
+void tcp_destroy_cgroup(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
-	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = mem_cgroup_from_cont(cgrp);
 	struct cg_proto *cg_proto;
 	struct tcp_memcontrol *tcp;
 	u64 val;