diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index b94cd24..3a2d54b 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -2369,10 +2369,7 @@
 	}
 
 	pc = lookup_page_cgroup(page);
-	/* can happen at boot */
-	if (unlikely(!pc))
-		return 0;
-	prefetchw(pc);
+	BUG_ON(!pc); /* XXX: remove this and move pc lookup into commit */
 
 	ret = __mem_cgroup_try_charge(mm, gfp_mask, &mem, oom, page_size);
 	if (ret || !mem)