diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index 3e2efd412dfa..c0077adeea83 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ void cgroup_update_frozen(struct cgroup *cgrp);
 void cgroup_freeze(struct cgroup *cgrp, bool freeze);
 void cgroup_freezer_migrate_task(struct task_struct *task, struct cgroup *src,
 				 struct cgroup *dst);
-void cgroup_freezer_frozen_exit(struct task_struct *task);
+
 static inline bool cgroup_task_freeze(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	bool ret;
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index 4fe9f7f1a3fa..327f37c9fdfa 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -5926,9 +5926,8 @@ void cgroup_exit(struct task_struct *tsk)
 		css_set_move_task(tsk, cset, NULL, false);
 		cset->nr_tasks--;
 
-		if (unlikely(cgroup_task_frozen(tsk)))
-			cgroup_freezer_frozen_exit(tsk);
-		else if (unlikely(cgroup_task_freeze(tsk)))
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(cgroup_task_frozen(tsk));
+		if (unlikely(cgroup_task_freeze(tsk)))
 			cgroup_update_frozen(task_dfl_cgroup(tsk));
 
 		spin_unlock_irq(&css_set_lock);
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/freezer.c b/kernel/cgroup/freezer.c
index c321e768f8d3..8cf010680678 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/freezer.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/freezer.c
@@ -248,16 +248,6 @@ void cgroup_freezer_migrate_task(struct task_struct *task,
 	cgroup_freeze_task(task, test_bit(CGRP_FREEZE, &dst->flags));
 }
 
-void cgroup_freezer_frozen_exit(struct task_struct *task)
-{
-	struct cgroup *cgrp = task_dfl_cgroup(task);
-
-	lockdep_assert_held(&css_set_lock);
-
-	cgroup_dec_frozen_cnt(cgrp);
-	cgroup_update_frozen(cgrp);
-}
-
 void cgroup_freeze(struct cgroup *cgrp, bool freeze)
 {
 	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;