diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index 625d7483951c..245cf62ce85a 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -6486,19 +6486,18 @@ static int cgroup_css_set_fork(struct kernel_clone_args *kargs)
 static void cgroup_css_set_put_fork(struct kernel_clone_args *kargs)
 	__releases(&cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem) __releases(&cgroup_mutex)
 {
+	struct cgroup *cgrp = kargs->cgrp;
+	struct css_set *cset = kargs->cset;
+
 	cgroup_threadgroup_change_end(current);
 
+	if (cset) {
+		put_css_set(cset);
+		kargs->cset = NULL;
+	}
+
 	if (kargs->flags & CLONE_INTO_CGROUP) {
-		struct cgroup *cgrp = kargs->cgrp;
-		struct css_set *cset = kargs->cset;
-
 		cgroup_unlock();
-
-		if (cset) {
-			put_css_set(cset);
-			kargs->cset = NULL;
-		}
-
 		if (cgrp) {
 			cgroup_put(cgrp);
 			kargs->cgrp = NULL;