diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 2f5534e1968c..af920d0f9025 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -2154,19 +2154,14 @@ static void refill_stock(struct mem_cgroup *mem, unsigned int nr_pages)
 }
 
 /*
- * Tries to drain stocked charges in other cpus. This function is asynchronous
- * and just put a work per cpu for draining localy on each cpu. Caller can
- * expects some charges will be back to res_counter later but cannot wait for
- * it.
+ * Drains all per-CPU charge caches for given root_mem resp. subtree
+ * of the hierarchy under it. sync flag says whether we should block
+ * until the work is done.
  */
-static void drain_all_stock_async(struct mem_cgroup *root_mem)
+static void drain_all_stock(struct mem_cgroup *root_mem, bool sync)
 {
 	int cpu, curcpu;
-	/*
-	 * If someone calls draining, avoid adding more kworker runs.
-	 */
-	if (!mutex_trylock(&percpu_charge_mutex))
-		return;
+
 	/* Notify other cpus that system-wide "drain" is running */
 	get_online_cpus();
 	/*
@@ -2197,17 +2192,42 @@ static void drain_all_stock_async(struct mem_cgroup *root_mem)
 				schedule_work_on(cpu, &stock->work);
 		}
 	}
+
+	if (!sync)
+		goto out;
+
+	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
+		struct memcg_stock_pcp *stock = &per_cpu(memcg_stock, cpu);
+		if (test_bit(FLUSHING_CACHED_CHARGE, &stock->flags))
+			flush_work(&stock->work);
+	}
+out:
  	put_online_cpus();
+}
+
+/*
+ * Tries to drain stocked charges in other cpus. This function is asynchronous
+ * and just put a work per cpu for draining localy on each cpu. Caller can
+ * expects some charges will be back to res_counter later but cannot wait for
+ * it.
+ */
+static void drain_all_stock_async(struct mem_cgroup *root_mem)
+{
+	/*
+	 * If someone calls draining, avoid adding more kworker runs.
+	 */
+	if (!mutex_trylock(&percpu_charge_mutex))
+		return;
+	drain_all_stock(root_mem, false);
 	mutex_unlock(&percpu_charge_mutex);
-	/* We don't wait for flush_work */
 }
 
 /* This is a synchronous drain interface. */
-static void drain_all_stock_sync(void)
+static void drain_all_stock_sync(struct mem_cgroup *root_mem)
 {
 	/* called when force_empty is called */
 	mutex_lock(&percpu_charge_mutex);
-	schedule_on_each_cpu(drain_local_stock);
+	drain_all_stock(root_mem, true);
 	mutex_unlock(&percpu_charge_mutex);
 }
 
@@ -3856,7 +3876,7 @@ static int mem_cgroup_force_empty(struct mem_cgroup *mem, bool free_all)
 			goto out;
 		/* This is for making all *used* pages to be on LRU. */
 		lru_add_drain_all();
-		drain_all_stock_sync();
+		drain_all_stock_sync(mem);
 		ret = 0;
 		mem_cgroup_start_move(mem);
 		for_each_node_state(node, N_HIGH_MEMORY) {