diff --git a/mm/memcontrol-v1.c b/mm/memcontrol-v1.c
index e8b6e1560278..f8424ec3734b 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol-v1.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol-v1.c
@@ -1721,7 +1721,7 @@ int vmpressure_register_event(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 		mode = ret;
 	}
 
-	ev = kzalloc_obj(*ev);
+	ev = kzalloc_obj(*ev, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
 	if (!ev) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;