diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 8f35bafb29d3..2f912b7945df 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -607,6 +607,9 @@ static inline struct task_group *task_group(struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
 
+	if (p->flags & PF_EXITING)
+		return &root_task_group;
+
 	css = task_subsys_state_check(p, cpu_cgroup_subsys_id,
 			lockdep_is_held(&task_rq(p)->lock));
 	return container_of(css, struct task_group, css);
@@ -9178,6 +9181,20 @@ cpu_cgroup_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
 	}
 }
 
+static void
+cpu_cgroup_exit(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	/*
+	 * cgroup_exit() is called in the copy_process() failure path.
+	 * Ignore this case since the task hasn't ran yet, this avoids
+	 * trying to poke a half freed task state from generic code.
+	 */
+	if (!(task->flags & PF_EXITING))
+		return;
+
+	sched_move_task(task);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
 static int cpu_shares_write_u64(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cftype,
 				u64 shareval)
@@ -9250,6 +9267,7 @@ struct cgroup_subsys cpu_cgroup_subsys = {
 	.destroy	= cpu_cgroup_destroy,
 	.can_attach	= cpu_cgroup_can_attach,
 	.attach		= cpu_cgroup_attach,
+	.exit		= cpu_cgroup_exit,
 	.populate	= cpu_cgroup_populate,
 	.subsys_id	= cpu_cgroup_subsys_id,
 	.early_init	= 1,