diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 1fbcc748044a7f3dc367381838289ecce3992652..aa3bee56644675d4c707b03d97fcf0bb47306646 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -2936,14 +2936,17 @@ static long cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	for_each_subsys(root, ss) {
 		struct cgroup_subsys_state *css = ss->create(ss, cgrp);
+
 		if (IS_ERR(css)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(css);
 			goto err_destroy;
 		}
 		init_cgroup_css(css, ss, cgrp);
-		if (ss->use_id)
-			if (alloc_css_id(ss, parent, cgrp))
+		if (ss->use_id) {
+			err = alloc_css_id(ss, parent, cgrp);
+			if (err)
 				goto err_destroy;
+		}
 		/* At error, ->destroy() callback has to free assigned ID. */
 	}