diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index cb8274d7824f..bd9d4d3e6fe7 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -642,9 +642,15 @@ static inline void __update_cgrp_time(struct perf_cgroup *cgrp)
 
 static inline void update_cgrp_time_from_cpuctx(struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx)
 {
-	struct perf_cgroup *cgrp_out = cpuctx->cgrp;
-	if (cgrp_out)
-		__update_cgrp_time(cgrp_out);
+	struct perf_cgroup *cgrp = cpuctx->cgrp;
+	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
+
+	if (cgrp) {
+		for (css = &cgrp->css; css; css = css->parent) {
+			cgrp = container_of(css, struct perf_cgroup, css);
+			__update_cgrp_time(cgrp);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 static inline void update_cgrp_time_from_event(struct perf_event *event)
@@ -672,6 +678,7 @@ perf_cgroup_set_timestamp(struct task_struct *task,
 {
 	struct perf_cgroup *cgrp;
 	struct perf_cgroup_info *info;
+	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
 
 	/*
 	 * ctx->lock held by caller
@@ -682,8 +689,12 @@ perf_cgroup_set_timestamp(struct task_struct *task,
 		return;
 
 	cgrp = perf_cgroup_from_task(task, ctx);
-	info = this_cpu_ptr(cgrp->info);
-	info->timestamp = ctx->timestamp;
+
+	for (css = &cgrp->css; css; css = css->parent) {
+		cgrp = container_of(css, struct perf_cgroup, css);
+		info = this_cpu_ptr(cgrp->info);
+		info->timestamp = ctx->timestamp;
+	}
 }
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct list_head, cgrp_cpuctx_list);