diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index a70d64ed04f5..796cfa842346 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -1851,7 +1851,7 @@ static inline bool mem_cgroup_zswap_writeback_enabled(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 
 /* Cgroup v1-related declarations */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_V1
 unsigned long memcg1_soft_limit_reclaim(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order,
 					gfp_t gfp_mask,
 					unsigned long *total_scanned);
@@ -1883,7 +1883,7 @@ static inline void mem_cgroup_unlock_pages(void)
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
-#else /* CONFIG_MEMCG */
+#else /* CONFIG_MEMCG_V1 */
 static inline
 unsigned long memcg1_soft_limit_reclaim(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order,
 					gfp_t gfp_mask,
@@ -1922,6 +1922,6 @@ static inline bool mem_cgroup_oom_synchronize(bool wait)
 	return false;
 }
 
-#endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG */
+#endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG_V1 */
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_MEMCONTROL_H */
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index febdea2afc3b..aca0ae9be04f 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -969,6 +969,23 @@ config MEMCG
 	help
 	  Provides control over the memory footprint of tasks in a cgroup.
 
+config MEMCG_V1
+	bool "Legacy cgroup v1 memory controller"
+	depends on MEMCG
+	default n
+	help
+	  Legacy cgroup v1 memory controller which has been deprecated by
+	  cgroup v2 implementation. The v1 is there for legacy applications
+	  which haven't migrated to the new cgroup v2 interface yet. If you
+	  do not have any such application then you are completely fine leaving
+	  this option disabled.
+
+	  Please note that feature set of the legacy memory controller is likely
+	  going to shrink due to deprecation process. New deployments with v1
+	  controller are highly discouraged.
+
+	  San N is unsure.
+
 config MEMCG_KMEM
 	bool
 	depends on MEMCG
diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
index 124d4dea2035..d2915f8c9dc0 100644
--- a/mm/Makefile
+++ b/mm/Makefile
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_NUMA) += memory-tiers.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEVICE_MIGRATION) += migrate_device.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) += huge_memory.o khugepaged.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PAGE_COUNTER) += page_counter.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_MEMCG) += memcontrol.o memcontrol-v1.o vmpressure.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_MEMCG_V1) += memcontrol-v1.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_MEMCG) += memcontrol.o vmpressure.o
 ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
 obj-$(CONFIG_MEMCG) += swap_cgroup.o
 endif
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol-v1.h b/mm/memcontrol-v1.h
index 31522b1c174d..72f0e15a939d 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol-v1.h
+++ b/mm/memcontrol-v1.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ unsigned long memcg_page_state_local_output(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int item);
 int memory_stat_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v);
 
 /* Cgroup v1-specific declarations */
-
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_V1
 void memcg1_remove_from_trees(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
 
 static inline void memcg1_soft_limit_reset(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
@@ -105,4 +105,23 @@ void memcg1_stat_format(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct seq_buf *s);
 extern struct cftype memsw_files[];
 extern struct cftype mem_cgroup_legacy_files[];
 
+#else	/* CONFIG_MEMCG_V1 */
+
+static inline void memcg1_remove_from_trees(struct mem_cgroup *memcg) {}
+static inline void memcg1_soft_limit_reset(struct mem_cgroup *memcg) {}
+static inline bool memcg1_wait_acct_move(struct mem_cgroup *memcg) { return false; }
+static inline void memcg1_css_offline(struct mem_cgroup *memcg) {}
+
+static inline bool memcg1_oom_prepare(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, bool *locked) { return true; }
+static inline void memcg1_oom_finish(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, bool locked) {}
+static inline void memcg1_oom_recover(struct mem_cgroup *memcg) {}
+
+static inline void memcg1_check_events(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int nid) {}
+
+static inline void memcg1_stat_format(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct seq_buf *s) {}
+
+extern struct cftype memsw_files[];
+extern struct cftype mem_cgroup_legacy_files[];
+#endif	/* CONFIG_MEMCG_V1 */
+
 #endif	/* __MM_MEMCONTROL_V1_H */
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index b47c00f60332..53a8491634b9 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -4398,18 +4398,20 @@ struct cgroup_subsys memory_cgrp_subsys = {
 	.css_free = mem_cgroup_css_free,
 	.css_reset = mem_cgroup_css_reset,
 	.css_rstat_flush = mem_cgroup_css_rstat_flush,
-	.can_attach = memcg1_can_attach,
 #if defined(CONFIG_LRU_GEN) || defined(CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM)
 	.attach = mem_cgroup_attach,
 #endif
-	.cancel_attach = memcg1_cancel_attach,
-	.post_attach = memcg1_move_task,
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
 	.fork = mem_cgroup_fork,
 	.exit = mem_cgroup_exit,
 #endif
 	.dfl_cftypes = memory_files,
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_V1
+	.can_attach = memcg1_can_attach,
+	.cancel_attach = memcg1_cancel_attach,
+	.post_attach = memcg1_move_task,
 	.legacy_cftypes = mem_cgroup_legacy_files,
+#endif
 	.early_init = 0,
 };
 
@@ -5581,7 +5583,9 @@ static int __init mem_cgroup_swap_init(void)
 		return 0;
 
 	WARN_ON(cgroup_add_dfl_cftypes(&memory_cgrp_subsys, swap_files));
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_V1
 	WARN_ON(cgroup_add_legacy_cftypes(&memory_cgrp_subsys, memsw_files));
+#endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM) && defined(CONFIG_ZSWAP)
 	WARN_ON(cgroup_add_dfl_cftypes(&memory_cgrp_subsys, zswap_files));
 #endif