diff --git a/mm/workingset.c b/mm/workingset.c
index 5e8b6e62a617..6971aa163e46 100644
--- a/mm/workingset.c
+++ b/mm/workingset.c
@@ -244,12 +244,15 @@ static void *lru_gen_eviction(struct folio *folio)
 	int refs = folio_lru_refs(folio);
 	bool workingset = folio_test_workingset(folio);
 	int tier = lru_tier_from_refs(refs, workingset);
-	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = folio_memcg(folio);
+	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
 	struct pglist_data *pgdat = folio_pgdat(folio);
+	unsigned short memcg_id;
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(LRU_GEN_WIDTH + LRU_REFS_WIDTH >
 		     BITS_PER_LONG - max(EVICTION_SHIFT, EVICTION_SHIFT_ANON));
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	memcg = folio_memcg(folio);
 	lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(memcg, pgdat);
 	lrugen = &lruvec->lrugen;
 	min_seq = READ_ONCE(lrugen->min_seq[type]);
@@ -257,8 +260,10 @@ static void *lru_gen_eviction(struct folio *folio)
 
 	hist = lru_hist_from_seq(min_seq);
 	atomic_long_add(delta, &lrugen->evicted[hist][type][tier]);
+	memcg_id = mem_cgroup_private_id(memcg);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
-	return pack_shadow(mem_cgroup_private_id(memcg), pgdat, token, workingset, type);
+	return pack_shadow(memcg_id, pgdat, token, workingset, type);
 }
 
 /*