diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 8c7ceaa79329..a3ee9d7440fc 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -616,6 +616,9 @@ static inline void memcg_rstat_updated(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int val)
 {
 	unsigned int x;
 
+	if (!val)
+		return;
+
 	cgroup_rstat_updated(memcg->css.cgroup, smp_processor_id());
 
 	x = __this_cpu_add_return(stats_updates, abs(val));