diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 27b0b4f03fcd..955e8412b9f6 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -5840,7 +5840,7 @@ static int __init cgroup_memory(char *s)
 		if (!strcmp(token, "nokmem"))
 			cgroup_memory_nokmem = true;
 	}
-	return 0;
+	return 1;
 }
 __setup("cgroup.memory=", cgroup_memory);