diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 4b68ec2..7633e0d 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -3080,7 +3080,27 @@
 
 	cachep = memcg_params_to_cache(p);
 
-	if (!atomic_read(&cachep->memcg_params->nr_pages))
+	/*
+	 * If we get down to 0 after shrink, we could delete right away.
+	 * However, memcg_release_pages() already puts us back in the workqueue
+	 * in that case. If we proceed deleting, we'll get a dangling
+	 * reference, and removing the object from the workqueue in that case
+	 * is unnecessary complication. We are not a fast path.
+	 *
+	 * Note that this case is fundamentally different from racing with
+	 * shrink_slab(): if memcg_cgroup_destroy_cache() is called in
+	 * kmem_cache_shrink, not only we would be reinserting a dead cache
+	 * into the queue, but doing so from inside the worker racing to
+	 * destroy it.
+	 *
+	 * So if we aren't down to zero, we'll just schedule a worker and try
+	 * again
+	 */
+	if (atomic_read(&cachep->memcg_params->nr_pages) != 0) {
+		kmem_cache_shrink(cachep);
+		if (atomic_read(&cachep->memcg_params->nr_pages) == 0)
+			return;
+	} else
 		kmem_cache_destroy(cachep);
 }
 
@@ -3090,6 +3110,26 @@
 		return;
 
 	/*
+	 * There are many ways in which we can get here.
+	 *
+	 * We can get to a memory-pressure situation while the delayed work is
+	 * still pending to run. The vmscan shrinkers can then release all
+	 * cache memory and get us to destruction. If this is the case, we'll
+	 * be executed twice, which is a bug (the second time will execute over
+	 * bogus data). In this case, cancelling the work should be fine.
+	 *
+	 * But we can also get here from the worker itself, if
+	 * kmem_cache_shrink is enough to shake all the remaining objects and
+	 * get the page count to 0. In this case, we'll deadlock if we try to
+	 * cancel the work (the worker runs with an internal lock held, which
+	 * is the same lock we would hold for cancel_work_sync().)
+	 *
+	 * Since we can't possibly know who got us here, just refrain from
+	 * running if there is already work pending
+	 */
+	if (work_pending(&cachep->memcg_params->destroy))
+		return;
+	/*
 	 * We have to defer the actual destroying to a workqueue, because
 	 * we might currently be in a context that cannot sleep.
 	 */
@@ -3217,7 +3257,7 @@
 		 * set, so flip it down to guarantee we are in control.
 		 */
 		c->memcg_params->dead = false;
-		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&c->memcg_params->destroy);
+		cancel_work_sync(&c->memcg_params->destroy);
 		kmem_cache_destroy(c);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&set_limit_mutex);
@@ -3242,7 +3282,7 @@
 		cachep = memcg_params_to_cache(params);
 		cachep->memcg_params->dead = true;
 		INIT_WORK(&cachep->memcg_params->destroy,
-			  kmem_cache_destroy_work_func);
+				  kmem_cache_destroy_work_func);
 		schedule_work(&cachep->memcg_params->destroy);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&memcg->slab_caches_mutex);