diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h
index 5b17de62c962..6fb1c34cf805 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ enum {
 	CSS_ONLINE	= (1 << 1), /* between ->css_online() and ->css_offline() */
 	CSS_RELEASED	= (1 << 2), /* refcnt reached zero, released */
 	CSS_VISIBLE	= (1 << 3), /* css is visible to userland */
+	CSS_DYING	= (1 << 4), /* css is dying */
 };
 
 /* bits in struct cgroup flags field */
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index a3d2aad2443f..1fde8eec9529 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -5407,6 +5407,11 @@ static void kill_css(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 {
 	lockdep_assert_held(&cgroup_mutex);
 
+	if (css->flags & CSS_DYING)
+		return;
+
+	css->flags |= CSS_DYING;
+
 	/*
 	 * This must happen before css is disassociated with its cgroup.
 	 * See seq_css() for details.