diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index d9b8df5ef212..d35439db047c 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -1002,6 +1002,7 @@ static inline unsigned long lruvec_page_state_local(struct lruvec *lruvec,
 }
 
 void mem_cgroup_flush_stats(void);
+void mem_cgroup_flush_stats_delayed(void);
 
 void __mod_memcg_lruvec_state(struct lruvec *lruvec, enum node_stat_item idx,
 			      int val);
@@ -1422,6 +1423,10 @@ static inline void mem_cgroup_flush_stats(void)
 {
 }
 
+static inline void mem_cgroup_flush_stats_delayed(void)
+{
+}
+
 static inline void __mod_memcg_lruvec_state(struct lruvec *lruvec,
 					    enum node_stat_item idx, int val)
 {
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 8cdeb33d2cf9..971546bb99e0 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -650,6 +650,9 @@ static DECLARE_DEFERRABLE_WORK(stats_flush_dwork, flush_memcg_stats_dwork);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(stats_flush_lock);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, stats_updates);
 static atomic_t stats_flush_threshold = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+static u64 flush_next_time;
+
+#define FLUSH_TIME (2UL*HZ)
 
 static inline void memcg_rstat_updated(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int val)
 {
@@ -671,6 +674,7 @@ static void __mem_cgroup_flush_stats(void)
 	if (!spin_trylock_irqsave(&stats_flush_lock, flag))
 		return;
 
+	flush_next_time = jiffies_64 + 2*FLUSH_TIME;
 	cgroup_rstat_flush_irqsafe(root_mem_cgroup->css.cgroup);
 	atomic_set(&stats_flush_threshold, 0);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&stats_flush_lock, flag);
@@ -682,10 +686,16 @@ void mem_cgroup_flush_stats(void)
 		__mem_cgroup_flush_stats();
 }
 
+void mem_cgroup_flush_stats_delayed(void)
+{
+	if (time_after64(jiffies_64, flush_next_time))
+		mem_cgroup_flush_stats();
+}
+
 static void flush_memcg_stats_dwork(struct work_struct *w)
 {
 	__mem_cgroup_flush_stats();
-	queue_delayed_work(system_unbound_wq, &stats_flush_dwork, 2UL*HZ);
+	queue_delayed_work(system_unbound_wq, &stats_flush_dwork, FLUSH_TIME);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/mm/workingset.c b/mm/workingset.c
index d5b81e4f4cbe..880d882f3325 100644
--- a/mm/workingset.c
+++ b/mm/workingset.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ void workingset_refault(struct page *page, void *shadow)
 
 	inc_lruvec_state(lruvec, WORKINGSET_REFAULT_BASE + file);
 
-	mem_cgroup_flush_stats();
+	mem_cgroup_flush_stats_delayed();
 	/*
 	 * Compare the distance to the existing workingset size. We
 	 * don't activate pages that couldn't stay resident even if