diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index d71e012e81bec17a2744e037c45a960f3d46d828..0f2d00519d3719c0ba7468c0bb22c45c4dc9154c 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -1757,6 +1757,11 @@ int cgroup_path(const struct cgroup *cgrp, char *buf, int buflen)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cgroup_path);
 
+struct task_and_cgroup {
+	struct task_struct	*task;
+	struct cgroup		*cgrp;
+};
+
 /*
  * cgroup_task_migrate - move a task from one cgroup to another.
  *
@@ -2008,15 +2013,15 @@ static int css_set_prefetch(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct css_set *cg,
  */
 int cgroup_attach_proc(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *leader)
 {
-	int retval, i, group_size;
+	int retval, i, group_size, nr_migrating_tasks;
 	struct cgroup_subsys *ss, *failed_ss = NULL;
 	bool cancel_failed_ss = false;
 	/* guaranteed to be initialized later, but the compiler needs this */
-	struct cgroup *oldcgrp = NULL;
 	struct css_set *oldcg;
 	struct cgroupfs_root *root = cgrp->root;
 	/* threadgroup list cursor and array */
 	struct task_struct *tsk;
+	struct task_and_cgroup *tc;
 	struct flex_array *group;
 	/*
 	 * we need to make sure we have css_sets for all the tasks we're
@@ -2035,8 +2040,7 @@ int cgroup_attach_proc(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *leader)
 	 */
 	group_size = get_nr_threads(leader);
 	/* flex_array supports very large thread-groups better than kmalloc. */
-	group = flex_array_alloc(sizeof(struct task_struct *), group_size,
-				 GFP_KERNEL);
+	group = flex_array_alloc(sizeof(*tc), group_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!group)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	/* pre-allocate to guarantee space while iterating in rcu read-side. */
@@ -2060,8 +2064,10 @@ int cgroup_attach_proc(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *leader)
 	}
 	/* take a reference on each task in the group to go in the array. */
 	tsk = leader;
-	i = 0;
+	i = nr_migrating_tasks = 0;
 	do {
+		struct task_and_cgroup ent;
+
 		/* @tsk either already exited or can't exit until the end */
 		if (tsk->flags & PF_EXITING)
 			continue;
@@ -2073,14 +2079,23 @@ int cgroup_attach_proc(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *leader)
 		 * saying GFP_ATOMIC has no effect here because we did prealloc
 		 * earlier, but it's good form to communicate our expectations.
 		 */
-		retval = flex_array_put_ptr(group, i, tsk, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		ent.task = tsk;
+		ent.cgrp = task_cgroup_from_root(tsk, root);
+		retval = flex_array_put(group, i, &ent, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		BUG_ON(retval != 0);
 		i++;
+		if (ent.cgrp != cgrp)
+			nr_migrating_tasks++;
 	} while_each_thread(leader, tsk);
 	/* remember the number of threads in the array for later. */
 	group_size = i;
 	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 
+	/* methods shouldn't be called if no task is actually migrating */
+	retval = 0;
+	if (!nr_migrating_tasks)
+		goto out_put_tasks;
+
 	/*
 	 * step 1: check that we can legitimately attach to the cgroup.
 	 */
@@ -2096,8 +2111,10 @@ int cgroup_attach_proc(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *leader)
 		if (ss->can_attach_task) {
 			/* run on each task in the threadgroup. */
 			for (i = 0; i < group_size; i++) {
-				tsk = flex_array_get_ptr(group, i);
-				retval = ss->can_attach_task(cgrp, tsk);
+				tc = flex_array_get(group, i);
+				if (tc->cgrp == cgrp)
+					continue;
+				retval = ss->can_attach_task(cgrp, tc->task);
 				if (retval) {
 					failed_ss = ss;
 					cancel_failed_ss = true;
@@ -2113,18 +2130,17 @@ int cgroup_attach_proc(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *leader)
 	 */
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&newcg_list);
 	for (i = 0; i < group_size; i++) {
-		tsk = flex_array_get_ptr(group, i);
+		tc = flex_array_get(group, i);
 		/* nothing to do if this task is already in the cgroup */
-		oldcgrp = task_cgroup_from_root(tsk, root);
-		if (cgrp == oldcgrp)
+		if (tc->cgrp == cgrp)
 			continue;
 		/* get old css_set pointer */
-		task_lock(tsk);
-		oldcg = tsk->cgroups;
+		task_lock(tc->task);
+		oldcg = tc->task->cgroups;
 		get_css_set(oldcg);
-		task_unlock(tsk);
+		task_unlock(tc->task);
 		/* see if the new one for us is already in the list? */
-		if (css_set_check_fetched(cgrp, tsk, oldcg, &newcg_list)) {
+		if (css_set_check_fetched(cgrp, tc->task, oldcg, &newcg_list)) {
 			/* was already there, nothing to do. */
 			put_css_set(oldcg);
 		} else {
@@ -2147,17 +2163,16 @@ int cgroup_attach_proc(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *leader)
 			ss->pre_attach(cgrp);
 	}
 	for (i = 0; i < group_size; i++) {
-		tsk = flex_array_get_ptr(group, i);
+		tc = flex_array_get(group, i);
 		/* leave current thread as it is if it's already there */
-		oldcgrp = task_cgroup_from_root(tsk, root);
-		if (cgrp == oldcgrp)
+		if (tc->cgrp == cgrp)
 			continue;
-		retval = cgroup_task_migrate(cgrp, oldcgrp, tsk, true);
+		retval = cgroup_task_migrate(cgrp, tc->cgrp, tc->task, true);
 		BUG_ON(retval);
 		/* attach each task to each subsystem */
 		for_each_subsys(root, ss) {
 			if (ss->attach_task)
-				ss->attach_task(cgrp, tsk);
+				ss->attach_task(cgrp, tc->task);
 		}
 	}
 	/* nothing is sensitive to fork() after this point. */
@@ -2168,8 +2183,10 @@ int cgroup_attach_proc(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *leader)
 	 * being moved, this call will need to be reworked to communicate that.
 	 */
 	for_each_subsys(root, ss) {
-		if (ss->attach)
-			ss->attach(ss, cgrp, oldcgrp, leader);
+		if (ss->attach) {
+			tc = flex_array_get(group, 0);
+			ss->attach(ss, cgrp, tc->cgrp, tc->task);
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -2198,10 +2215,11 @@ out_cancel_attach:
 				ss->cancel_attach(ss, cgrp, leader);
 		}
 	}
+out_put_tasks:
 	/* clean up the array of referenced threads in the group. */
 	for (i = 0; i < group_size; i++) {
-		tsk = flex_array_get_ptr(group, i);
-		put_task_struct(tsk);
+		tc = flex_array_get(group, i);
+		put_task_struct(tc->task);
 	}
 out_free_group_list:
 	flex_array_free(group);