diff --git a/mm/page_cgroup.c b/mm/page_cgroup.c
index 6bdc67dbbc28..3749ae15a8c8 100644
--- a/mm/page_cgroup.c
+++ b/mm/page_cgroup.c
@@ -133,10 +133,13 @@ struct page *lookup_cgroup_page(struct page_cgroup *pc)
 static void *__meminit alloc_page_cgroup(size_t size, int nid)
 {
 	void *addr = NULL;
+	gfp_t flags = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN;
 
-	addr = alloc_pages_exact_nid(nid, size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-	if (addr)
+	addr = alloc_pages_exact_nid(nid, size, flags);
+	if (addr) {
+		kmemleak_alloc(addr, size, 1, flags);
 		return addr;
+	}
 
 	if (node_state(nid, N_HIGH_MEMORY))
 		addr = vmalloc_node(size, nid);