diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index ff7f6f35fc8f..024fb1007c78 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -8239,7 +8239,7 @@ 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);
@@ -8265,7 +8265,7 @@ 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);
 }
 
@@ -8285,27 +8285,24 @@ 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)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int i;
 
 	/* end participation in shares distribution */
-	for_each_possible_cpu(i)
-		unregister_fair_sched_group(tg, i);
+	unregister_fair_sched_group(tg);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&task_group_lock, flags);
 	list_del_rcu(&tg->list);
@@ -8756,31 +8753,26 @@ 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, void *private)
@@ -9147,9 +9139,8 @@ 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,
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 7fdf1efa9086..6362b864e2b1 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -9653,11 +9653,8 @@ void free_fair_sched_group(struct task_group *tg)
 	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
 		if (tg->cfs_rq)
 			kfree(tg->cfs_rq[i]);
-		if (tg->se) {
-			if (tg->se[i])
-				remove_entity_load_avg(tg->se[i]);
+		if (tg->se)
 			kfree(tg->se[i]);
-		}
 	}
 
 	kfree(tg->cfs_rq);
@@ -9705,21 +9702,29 @@ err:
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void unregister_fair_sched_group(struct task_group *tg, int cpu)
+void unregister_fair_sched_group(struct task_group *tg)
 {
-	struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
 	unsigned long flags;
+	struct rq *rq;
+	int cpu;
 
-	/*
-	* Only empty task groups can be destroyed; so we can speculatively
-	* check on_list without danger of it being re-added.
-	*/
-	if (!tg->cfs_rq[cpu]->on_list)
-		return;
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+		if (tg->se[cpu])
+			remove_entity_load_avg(tg->se[cpu]);
 
-	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rq->lock, flags);
-	list_del_leaf_cfs_rq(tg->cfs_rq[cpu]);
-	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rq->lock, flags);
+		/*
+		 * Only empty task groups can be destroyed; so we can speculatively
+		 * check on_list without danger of it being re-added.
+		 */
+		if (!tg->cfs_rq[cpu]->on_list)
+			continue;
+
+		rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
+
+		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rq->lock, flags);
+		list_del_leaf_cfs_rq(tg->cfs_rq[cpu]);
+		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rq->lock, flags);
+	}
 }
 
 void init_tg_cfs_entry(struct task_group *tg, struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq,
@@ -9801,7 +9806,7 @@ int alloc_fair_sched_group(struct task_group *tg, struct task_group *parent)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-void unregister_fair_sched_group(struct task_group *tg, int cpu) { }
+void unregister_fair_sched_group(struct task_group *tg) { }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED */
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index ada5e580e968..27b28369440d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ extern int tg_nop(struct task_group *tg, void *data);
 
 extern void free_fair_sched_group(struct task_group *tg);
 extern int alloc_fair_sched_group(struct task_group *tg, struct task_group *parent);
-extern void unregister_fair_sched_group(struct task_group *tg, int cpu);
+extern void unregister_fair_sched_group(struct task_group *tg);
 extern void init_tg_cfs_entry(struct task_group *tg, struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq,
 			struct sched_entity *se, int cpu,
 			struct sched_entity *parent);