diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 48747ef5b88f..5579e762b1ce 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -4062,11 +4062,13 @@ static DEFINE_IDR(mem_cgroup_idr);
 
 static void mem_cgroup_id_get_many(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned int n)
 {
+	VM_BUG_ON(atomic_read(&memcg->id.ref) <= 0);
 	atomic_add(n, &memcg->id.ref);
 }
 
 static void mem_cgroup_id_put_many(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned int n)
 {
+	VM_BUG_ON(atomic_read(&memcg->id.ref) < n);
 	if (atomic_sub_and_test(n, &memcg->id.ref)) {
 		idr_remove(&mem_cgroup_idr, memcg->id.id);
 		memcg->id.id = 0;
@@ -4255,8 +4257,10 @@ mem_cgroup_css_alloc(struct cgroup_subsys_state *parent_css)
 
 static int mem_cgroup_css_online(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 {
+	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = mem_cgroup_from_css(css);
+
 	/* Online state pins memcg ID, memcg ID pins CSS */
-	mem_cgroup_id_get(mem_cgroup_from_css(css));
+	atomic_set(&memcg->id.ref, 1);
 	css_get(css);
 	return 0;
 }