diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 5385839e727b..dcb06e181ce4 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -4138,19 +4138,21 @@ static void css_release_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct cgroup_subsys *ss = css->ss;
 	struct cgroup *cgrp = css->cgroup;
 
+	mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);
+
+	list_del_rcu(&css->sibling);
+
 	if (ss) {
 		/* css release path */
 		cgroup_idr_remove(&ss->css_idr, css->id);
 	} else {
 		/* cgroup release path */
-		mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);
-		list_del_rcu(&cgrp->self.sibling);
-		mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
-
 		cgroup_idr_remove(&cgrp->root->cgroup_idr, cgrp->id);
 		cgrp->id = -1;
 	}
 
+	mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
+
 	call_rcu(&css->rcu_head, css_free_rcu_fn);
 }
 
@@ -4230,12 +4232,13 @@ static void offline_css(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 static int create_css(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 {
 	struct cgroup *parent = cgroup_parent(cgrp);
+	struct cgroup_subsys_state *parent_css = cgroup_css(parent, ss);
 	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
 	int err;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&cgroup_mutex);
 
-	css = ss->css_alloc(cgroup_css(parent, ss));
+	css = ss->css_alloc(parent_css);
 	if (IS_ERR(css))
 		return PTR_ERR(css);
 
@@ -4255,11 +4258,12 @@ static int create_css(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 		goto err_free_id;
 
 	/* @css is ready to be brought online now, make it visible */
+	list_add_tail_rcu(&css->sibling, &parent_css->children);
 	cgroup_idr_replace(&ss->css_idr, css, css->id);
 
 	err = online_css(css);
 	if (err)
-		goto err_clear_dir;
+		goto err_list_del;
 
 	if (ss->broken_hierarchy && !ss->warned_broken_hierarchy &&
 	    cgroup_parent(parent)) {
@@ -4272,7 +4276,8 @@ static int create_css(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 
 	return 0;
 
-err_clear_dir:
+err_list_del:
+	list_del_rcu(&css->sibling);
 	cgroup_clear_dir(css->cgroup, 1 << css->ss->id);
 err_free_id:
 	cgroup_idr_remove(&ss->css_idr, css->id);