diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index 2fb283f689a4..2c57030f54aa 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -4048,7 +4048,7 @@ static void css_task_iter_advance_css_set(struct css_task_iter *it)
 			it->task_pos = NULL;
 			return;
 		}
-	} while (!css_set_populated(cset) && !list_empty(&cset->dying_tasks));
+	} while (!css_set_populated(cset) && list_empty(&cset->dying_tasks));
 
 	if (!list_empty(&cset->tasks))
 		it->task_pos = cset->tasks.next;