diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index be467aea457e..84e85561a87c 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -1802,9 +1802,9 @@ int rebind_subsystems(struct cgroup_root *dst_root, u16 ss_mask)
 		RCU_INIT_POINTER(scgrp->subsys[ssid], NULL);
 		rcu_assign_pointer(dcgrp->subsys[ssid], css);
 		ss->root = dst_root;
-		css->cgroup = dcgrp;
 
 		spin_lock_irq(&css_set_lock);
+		css->cgroup = dcgrp;
 		WARN_ON(!list_empty(&dcgrp->e_csets[ss->id]));
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(cset, cset_pos, &scgrp->e_csets[ss->id],
 					 e_cset_node[ss->id]) {