diff --git a/mm/memcontrol-v1.c b/mm/memcontrol-v1.c
index 597af8a80163..437cd25784fe 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol-v1.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol-v1.c
@@ -635,11 +635,8 @@ void memcg1_swapout(struct folio *folio, swp_entry_t entry)
 	 * have an ID allocated to it anymore, charge the closest online
 	 * ancestor for the swap instead and transfer the memory+swap charge.
 	 */
-	swap_memcg = mem_cgroup_private_id_get_online(memcg);
 	nr_entries = folio_nr_pages(folio);
-	/* Get references for the tail pages, too */
-	if (nr_entries > 1)
-		mem_cgroup_private_id_get_many(swap_memcg, nr_entries - 1);
+	swap_memcg = mem_cgroup_private_id_get_online(memcg, nr_entries);
 	mod_memcg_state(swap_memcg, MEMCG_SWAP, nr_entries);
 
 	swap_cgroup_record(folio, mem_cgroup_private_id(swap_memcg), entry);
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol-v1.h b/mm/memcontrol-v1.h
index eb3c3c105657..1b969294ea6a 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol-v1.h
+++ b/mm/memcontrol-v1.h
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ void drain_all_stock(struct mem_cgroup *root_memcg);
 unsigned long memcg_events(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int event);
 int memory_stat_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v);
 
-void mem_cgroup_private_id_get_many(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned int n);
-struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_private_id_get_online(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
+struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_private_id_get_online(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+						    unsigned int n);
 
 /* Cgroup v1-specific declarations */
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_V1
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index af75f10150a8..823ac6a05bf3 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -3634,13 +3634,7 @@ static void mem_cgroup_private_id_remove(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 	}
 }
 
-void __maybe_unused mem_cgroup_private_id_get_many(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
-					   unsigned int n)
-{
-	refcount_add(n, &memcg->id.ref);
-}
-
-static void mem_cgroup_private_id_put_many(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned int n)
+static inline void mem_cgroup_private_id_put(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned int n)
 {
 	if (refcount_sub_and_test(n, &memcg->id.ref)) {
 		mem_cgroup_private_id_remove(memcg);
@@ -3650,14 +3644,9 @@ static void mem_cgroup_private_id_put_many(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned in
 	}
 }
 
-static inline void mem_cgroup_private_id_put(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_private_id_get_online(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned int n)
 {
-	mem_cgroup_private_id_put_many(memcg, 1);
-}
-
-struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_private_id_get_online(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
-{
-	while (!refcount_inc_not_zero(&memcg->id.ref)) {
+	while (!refcount_add_not_zero(n, &memcg->id.ref)) {
 		/*
 		 * The root cgroup cannot be destroyed, so it's refcount must
 		 * always be >= 1.
@@ -3957,7 +3946,7 @@ static void mem_cgroup_css_offline(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 
 	drain_all_stock(memcg);
 
-	mem_cgroup_private_id_put(memcg);
+	mem_cgroup_private_id_put(memcg, 1);
 }
 
 static void mem_cgroup_css_released(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
@@ -5247,19 +5236,15 @@ int __mem_cgroup_try_charge_swap(struct folio *folio, swp_entry_t entry)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	memcg = mem_cgroup_private_id_get_online(memcg);
+	memcg = mem_cgroup_private_id_get_online(memcg, nr_pages);
 
 	if (!mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg) &&
 	    !page_counter_try_charge(&memcg->swap, nr_pages, &counter)) {
 		memcg_memory_event(memcg, MEMCG_SWAP_MAX);
 		memcg_memory_event(memcg, MEMCG_SWAP_FAIL);
-		mem_cgroup_private_id_put(memcg);
+		mem_cgroup_private_id_put(memcg, nr_pages);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-
-	/* Get references for the tail pages, too */
-	if (nr_pages > 1)
-		mem_cgroup_private_id_get_many(memcg, nr_pages - 1);
 	mod_memcg_state(memcg, MEMCG_SWAP, nr_pages);
 
 	swap_cgroup_record(folio, mem_cgroup_private_id(memcg), entry);
@@ -5288,7 +5273,7 @@ void __mem_cgroup_uncharge_swap(swp_entry_t entry, unsigned int nr_pages)
 				page_counter_uncharge(&memcg->swap, nr_pages);
 		}
 		mod_memcg_state(memcg, MEMCG_SWAP, -nr_pages);
-		mem_cgroup_private_id_put_many(memcg, nr_pages);
+		mem_cgroup_private_id_put(memcg, nr_pages);
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }