diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 00d5136d38c..61e92c5867e 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ int cgroup_attach_task(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *tsk)
 	int retval = 0;
 	struct cgroup_subsys *ss;
 	struct cgroup *oldcgrp;
-	struct css_set *cg = tsk->cgroups;
+	struct css_set *cg;
 	struct css_set *newcg;
 	struct cgroupfs_root *root = cgrp->root;
 	int subsys_id;
@@ -1234,11 +1234,16 @@ int cgroup_attach_task(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *tsk)
 		}
 	}
 
+	task_lock(tsk);
+	cg = tsk->cgroups;
+	get_css_set(cg);
+	task_unlock(tsk);
 	/*
 	 * Locate or allocate a new css_set for this task,
 	 * based on its final set of cgroups
 	 */
 	newcg = find_css_set(cg, cgrp);
+	put_css_set(cg);
 	if (!newcg)
 		return -ENOMEM;