diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 518084ce8757..400f4a657b27 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -192,6 +192,13 @@ static inline int shrinker_map_size(int nr_items)
 	return (DIV_ROUND_UP(nr_items, BITS_PER_LONG) * sizeof(unsigned long));
 }
 
+static struct shrinker_info *shrinker_info_protected(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+						     int nid)
+{
+	return rcu_dereference_protected(memcg->nodeinfo[nid]->shrinker_info,
+					 lockdep_is_held(&shrinker_rwsem));
+}
+
 static int expand_one_shrinker_info(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 				    int size, int old_size)
 {
@@ -201,7 +208,7 @@ static int expand_one_shrinker_info(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 
 	for_each_node(nid) {
 		pn = memcg->nodeinfo[nid];
-		old = rcu_dereference_protected(pn->shrinker_info, true);
+		old = shrinker_info_protected(memcg, nid);
 		/* Not yet online memcg */
 		if (!old)
 			return 0;
@@ -675,8 +682,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_slab_memcg(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nid,
 	if (!down_read_trylock(&shrinker_rwsem))
 		return 0;
 
-	info = rcu_dereference_protected(memcg->nodeinfo[nid]->shrinker_info,
-					 true);
+	info = shrinker_info_protected(memcg, nid);
 	if (unlikely(!info))
 		goto unlock;