diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 904e9a9c223d..14cb6142ec4c 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -895,6 +895,13 @@ mem_cgroup_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont)
 	return &mem->css;
 }
 
+static void mem_cgroup_pre_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
+					struct cgroup *cont)
+{
+	struct mem_cgroup *mem = mem_cgroup_from_cont(cont);
+	mem_cgroup_force_empty(mem);
+}
+
 static void mem_cgroup_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
 				struct cgroup *cont)
 {
@@ -946,6 +953,7 @@ struct cgroup_subsys mem_cgroup_subsys = {
 	.name = "memory",
 	.subsys_id = mem_cgroup_subsys_id,
 	.create = mem_cgroup_create,
+	.pre_destroy = mem_cgroup_pre_destroy,
 	.destroy = mem_cgroup_destroy,
 	.populate = mem_cgroup_populate,
 	.attach = mem_cgroup_move_task,