diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index 9c300ad9a911945ac3597cef40df9ef2aa99231f..64047ae7fde1dcac6b053b7ff974faffdf0f4303 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ struct cgroup {
 	struct cgroup_subsys_state *subsys[CGROUP_SUBSYS_COUNT];
 
 	struct cgroupfs_root *root;
-	struct cgroup *top_cgroup;
 
 	/*
 	 * List of cg_cgroup_links pointing at css_sets with
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 67804590d4b0b66354e23c0a1d73b1da2059e15e..c16719e056aba60b2a915b7ce6072fa733cf39b5 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -1418,7 +1418,6 @@ static void init_cgroup_root(struct cgroupfs_root *root)
 	root->number_of_cgroups = 1;
 	cgrp->root = root;
 	cgrp->name = &root_cgroup_name;
-	cgrp->top_cgroup = cgrp;
 	init_cgroup_housekeeping(cgrp);
 	list_add_tail(&cgrp->allcg_node, &root->allcg_list);
 }
@@ -4145,7 +4144,6 @@ static long cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	cgrp->parent = parent;
 	cgrp->root = parent->root;
-	cgrp->top_cgroup = parent->top_cgroup;
 
 	if (notify_on_release(parent))
 		set_bit(CGRP_NOTIFY_ON_RELEASE, &cgrp->flags);