diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index e378cb2fac5e..60fd6f1f6d4e 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -4431,8 +4431,7 @@ void cgroup_post_fork(struct task_struct *child)
  * notify_on_release(), then leave the task attached to the root cgroup in
  * each hierarchy for the remainder of its exit.  No need to bother with
  * init_css_set refcnting.  init_css_set never goes away and we can't race
- * with migration path - either PF_EXITING is visible to migration path or
- * @tsk never got on the tasklist.
+ * with migration path - PF_EXITING is visible to migration path.
  */
 void cgroup_exit(struct task_struct *tsk, int run_callbacks)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index a17621c6cd42..8852b3463ab7 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 	if (IS_ERR(p->mempolicy)) {
 		retval = PTR_ERR(p->mempolicy);
 		p->mempolicy = NULL;
-		goto bad_fork_cleanup_cgroup;
+		goto bad_fork_cleanup_threadgroup_lock;
 	}
 	mpol_fix_fork_child_flag(p);
 #endif
@@ -1524,11 +1524,10 @@ bad_fork_cleanup_policy:
 	perf_event_free_task(p);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 	mpol_put(p->mempolicy);
-bad_fork_cleanup_cgroup:
+bad_fork_cleanup_threadgroup_lock:
 #endif
 	if (clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD)
 		threadgroup_change_end(current);
-	cgroup_exit(p, 0);
 	delayacct_tsk_free(p);
 	module_put(task_thread_info(p)->exec_domain->module);
 bad_fork_cleanup_count: