diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 4d872e19244b..2a87bdde8d4e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -7536,7 +7536,7 @@ void set_curr_task(int cpu, struct task_struct *p)
 /* task_group_lock serializes the addition/removal of task groups */
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(task_group_lock);
 
-static void free_sched_group(struct task_group *tg)
+static void sched_free_group(struct task_group *tg)
 {
 	free_fair_sched_group(tg);
 	free_rt_sched_group(tg);
@@ -7562,7 +7562,7 @@ struct task_group *sched_create_group(struct task_group *parent)
 	return tg;
 
 err:
-	free_sched_group(tg);
+	sched_free_group(tg);
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 }
 
@@ -7582,17 +7582,16 @@ void sched_online_group(struct task_group *tg, struct task_group *parent)
 }
 
 /* rcu callback to free various structures associated with a task group */
-static void free_sched_group_rcu(struct rcu_head *rhp)
+static void sched_free_group_rcu(struct rcu_head *rhp)
 {
 	/* now it should be safe to free those cfs_rqs */
-	free_sched_group(container_of(rhp, struct task_group, rcu));
+	sched_free_group(container_of(rhp, struct task_group, rcu));
 }
 
-/* Destroy runqueue etc associated with a task group */
 void sched_destroy_group(struct task_group *tg)
 {
 	/* wait for possible concurrent references to cfs_rqs complete */
-	call_rcu(&tg->rcu, free_sched_group_rcu);
+	call_rcu(&tg->rcu, sched_free_group_rcu);
 }
 
 void sched_offline_group(struct task_group *tg)
@@ -8051,31 +8050,26 @@ cpu_cgroup_css_alloc(struct cgroup_subsys_state *parent_css)
 	if (IS_ERR(tg))
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
+	sched_online_group(tg, parent);
+
 	return &tg->css;
 }
 
-static int cpu_cgroup_css_online(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
+static void cpu_cgroup_css_released(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 {
 	struct task_group *tg = css_tg(css);
-	struct task_group *parent = css_tg(css->parent);
 
-	if (parent)
-		sched_online_group(tg, parent);
-	return 0;
+	sched_offline_group(tg);
 }
 
 static void cpu_cgroup_css_free(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 {
 	struct task_group *tg = css_tg(css);
 
-	sched_destroy_group(tg);
-}
-
-static void cpu_cgroup_css_offline(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
-{
-	struct task_group *tg = css_tg(css);
-
-	sched_offline_group(tg);
+	/*
+	 * Relies on the RCU grace period between css_released() and this.
+	 */
+	sched_free_group(tg);
 }
 
 static void cpu_cgroup_fork(struct task_struct *task)
@@ -8435,9 +8429,8 @@ static struct cftype cpu_files[] = {
 
 struct cgroup_subsys cpu_cgrp_subsys = {
 	.css_alloc	= cpu_cgroup_css_alloc,
+	.css_released	= cpu_cgroup_css_released,
 	.css_free	= cpu_cgroup_css_free,
-	.css_online	= cpu_cgroup_css_online,
-	.css_offline	= cpu_cgroup_css_offline,
 	.fork		= cpu_cgroup_fork,
 	.can_attach	= cpu_cgroup_can_attach,
 	.attach		= cpu_cgroup_attach,