diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 4ca928db890c8801074b71544be4b8385d730bff..3a53c771e5030a8c95ba0715ed16010f0e015f6e 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -4561,13 +4561,13 @@ static int alloc_css_id(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *parent,
 {
 	int subsys_id, i, depth = 0;
 	struct cgroup_subsys_state *parent_css, *child_css;
-	struct css_id *child_id, *parent_id = NULL;
+	struct css_id *child_id, *parent_id;
 
 	subsys_id = ss->subsys_id;
 	parent_css = parent->subsys[subsys_id];
 	child_css = child->subsys[subsys_id];
-	depth = css_depth(parent_css) + 1;
 	parent_id = parent_css->id;
+	depth = parent_id->depth;
 
 	child_id = get_new_cssid(ss, depth);
 	if (IS_ERR(child_id))