diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index badd043d58ac..b1bb62485622 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -2242,7 +2242,7 @@ static void reclaim_high(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 			 gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	do {
-		if (page_counter_read(&memcg->memory) <= memcg->high)
+		if (page_counter_read(&memcg->memory) <= READ_ONCE(memcg->high))
 			continue;
 		memcg_memory_event(memcg, MEMCG_HIGH);
 		try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(memcg, nr_pages, gfp_mask, true);
@@ -2582,7 +2582,7 @@ done_restock:
 	 * reclaim, the cost of mismatch is negligible.
 	 */
 	do {
-		if (page_counter_read(&memcg->memory) > memcg->high) {
+		if (page_counter_read(&memcg->memory) > READ_ONCE(memcg->high)) {
 			/* Don't bother a random interrupted task */
 			if (in_interrupt()) {
 				schedule_work(&memcg->high_work);
@@ -4325,7 +4325,8 @@ void mem_cgroup_wb_stats(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long *pfilepages,
 	*pheadroom = PAGE_COUNTER_MAX;
 
 	while ((parent = parent_mem_cgroup(memcg))) {
-		unsigned long ceiling = min(memcg->memory.max, memcg->high);
+		unsigned long ceiling = min(memcg->memory.max,
+					    READ_ONCE(memcg->high));
 		unsigned long used = page_counter_read(&memcg->memory);
 
 		*pheadroom = min(*pheadroom, ceiling - min(ceiling, used));
@@ -5047,7 +5048,7 @@ mem_cgroup_css_alloc(struct cgroup_subsys_state *parent_css)
 	if (!memcg)
 		return ERR_PTR(error);
 
-	memcg->high = PAGE_COUNTER_MAX;
+	WRITE_ONCE(memcg->high, PAGE_COUNTER_MAX);
 	memcg->soft_limit = PAGE_COUNTER_MAX;
 	if (parent) {
 		memcg->swappiness = mem_cgroup_swappiness(parent);
@@ -5200,7 +5201,7 @@ static void mem_cgroup_css_reset(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 	page_counter_set_max(&memcg->tcpmem, PAGE_COUNTER_MAX);
 	page_counter_set_min(&memcg->memory, 0);
 	page_counter_set_low(&memcg->memory, 0);
-	memcg->high = PAGE_COUNTER_MAX;
+	WRITE_ONCE(memcg->high, PAGE_COUNTER_MAX);
 	memcg->soft_limit = PAGE_COUNTER_MAX;
 	memcg_wb_domain_size_changed(memcg);
 }
@@ -6016,7 +6017,7 @@ static ssize_t memory_high_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	memcg->high = high;
+	WRITE_ONCE(memcg->high, high);
 
 	for (;;) {
 		unsigned long nr_pages = page_counter_read(&memcg->memory);