diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 8faca7b52543..fb5b2a41bd45 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -793,6 +793,8 @@ static inline void memcg_memory_event(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 		atomic_long_inc(&memcg->memory_events[event]);
 		cgroup_file_notify(&memcg->events_file);
 
+		if (!cgroup_subsys_on_dfl(memory_cgrp_subsys))
+			break;
 		if (cgrp_dfl_root.flags & CGRP_ROOT_MEMORY_LOCAL_EVENTS)
 			break;
 	} while ((memcg = parent_mem_cgroup(memcg)) &&