diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
index a5751784ad74..391aa570369b 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ int cgroupstats_build(struct cgroupstats *stats, struct dentry *dentry)
 			stats->nr_stopped++;
 			break;
 		default:
-			if (delayacct_is_task_waiting_on_io(tsk))
+			if (tsk->in_iowait)
 				stats->nr_io_wait++;
 			break;
 		}