diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index d1de843b7618b5..b299c0366320d1 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -3192,7 +3192,7 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, u32 id)
 	if (r)
 		goto vcpu_decrement;
 
-	vcpu = kmem_cache_zalloc(kvm_vcpu_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+	vcpu = kmem_cache_zalloc(kvm_vcpu_cache, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
 	if (!vcpu) {
 		r = -ENOMEM;
 		goto vcpu_decrement;