diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 6d3a67bef395..c8b3f94f0dbb 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct list_head, cgrp_cpuctx_list);
  */
 static void perf_cgroup_switch(struct task_struct *task, int mode)
 {
-	struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx;
+	struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx, *tmp;
 	struct list_head *list;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ static void perf_cgroup_switch(struct task_struct *task, int mode)
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 
 	list = this_cpu_ptr(&cgrp_cpuctx_list);
-	list_for_each_entry(cpuctx, list, cgrp_cpuctx_entry) {
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(cpuctx, tmp, list, cgrp_cpuctx_entry) {
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(cpuctx->ctx.nr_cgroups == 0);
 
 		perf_ctx_lock(cpuctx, cpuctx->task_ctx);