diff --git a/include/linux/res_counter.h b/include/linux/res_counter.h
index 8cb1ecd420a..df8085acba1 100644
--- a/include/linux/res_counter.h
+++ b/include/linux/res_counter.h
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ struct res_counter {
 	 * the current resource consumption level
 	 */
 	unsigned long long usage;
+	/*
+	 * the maximal value of the usage from the counter creation
+	 */
+	unsigned long long max_usage;
 	/*
 	 * the limit that usage cannot exceed
 	 */
@@ -67,6 +71,7 @@ ssize_t res_counter_write(struct res_counter *counter, int member,
 
 enum {
 	RES_USAGE,
+	RES_MAX_USAGE,
 	RES_LIMIT,
 	RES_FAILCNT,
 };
@@ -127,4 +132,13 @@ static inline bool res_counter_check_under_limit(struct res_counter *cnt)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static inline void res_counter_reset_max(struct res_counter *cnt)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&cnt->lock, flags);
+	cnt->max_usage = cnt->usage;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cnt->lock, flags);
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/res_counter.c b/kernel/res_counter.c
index 70587657dda..d3c61b4ebef 100644
--- a/kernel/res_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/res_counter.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ int res_counter_charge_locked(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val)
 	}
 
 	counter->usage += val;
+	if (counter->usage > counter->max_usage)
+		counter->max_usage = counter->usage;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -66,6 +68,8 @@ res_counter_member(struct res_counter *counter, int member)
 	switch (member) {
 	case RES_USAGE:
 		return &counter->usage;
+	case RES_MAX_USAGE:
+		return &counter->max_usage;
 	case RES_LIMIT:
 		return &counter->limit;
 	case RES_FAILCNT:
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 49d80814798..350a14da652 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -855,6 +855,17 @@ static ssize_t mem_cgroup_write(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft,
 				mem_cgroup_write_strategy);
 }
 
+static ssize_t mem_cgroup_max_reset(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft,
+				struct file *file, const char __user *userbuf,
+				size_t nbytes, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct mem_cgroup *mem;
+
+	mem = mem_cgroup_from_cont(cont);
+	res_counter_reset_max(&mem->res);
+	return nbytes;
+}
+
 static ssize_t mem_force_empty_write(struct cgroup *cont,
 				struct cftype *cft, struct file *file,
 				const char __user *userbuf,
@@ -909,6 +920,12 @@ static struct cftype mem_cgroup_files[] = {
 		.private = RES_USAGE,
 		.read_u64 = mem_cgroup_read,
 	},
+	{
+		.name = "max_usage_in_bytes",
+		.private = RES_MAX_USAGE,
+		.write = mem_cgroup_max_reset,
+		.read_u64 = mem_cgroup_read,
+	},
 	{
 		.name = "limit_in_bytes",
 		.private = RES_LIMIT,