diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h
index 9d741959f218d92d345ae91f6790ccf43ddf6dca..58b4c425a1550238fa4f8586f2322ac69c31ea9e 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h
@@ -273,6 +273,14 @@ struct cgroup {
 	 */
 	int level;
 
+	/*
+	 * Keep track of total numbers of visible and dying descent cgroups.
+	 * Dying cgroups are cgroups which were deleted by a user,
+	 * but are still existing because someone else is holding a reference.
+	 */
+	int nr_descendants;
+	int nr_dying_descendants;
+
 	/*
 	 * Each non-empty css_set associated with this cgroup contributes
 	 * one to nr_populated_csets.  The counter is zero iff this cgroup
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index 85f6a112344b2d837616531f6607ebf17264f65e..cfdbb1e780deb314827553698839211f8f69e858 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -4408,9 +4408,15 @@ static void css_release_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 		if (ss->css_released)
 			ss->css_released(css);
 	} else {
+		struct cgroup *tcgrp;
+
 		/* cgroup release path */
 		trace_cgroup_release(cgrp);
 
+		for (tcgrp = cgroup_parent(cgrp); tcgrp;
+		     tcgrp = cgroup_parent(tcgrp))
+			tcgrp->nr_dying_descendants--;
+
 		cgroup_idr_remove(&cgrp->root->cgroup_idr, cgrp->id);
 		cgrp->id = -1;
 
@@ -4609,9 +4615,13 @@ static struct cgroup *cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent)
 	cgrp->root = root;
 	cgrp->level = level;
 
-	for (tcgrp = cgrp; tcgrp; tcgrp = cgroup_parent(tcgrp))
+	for (tcgrp = cgrp; tcgrp; tcgrp = cgroup_parent(tcgrp)) {
 		cgrp->ancestor_ids[tcgrp->level] = tcgrp->id;
 
+		if (tcgrp != cgrp)
+			tcgrp->nr_descendants++;
+	}
+
 	if (notify_on_release(parent))
 		set_bit(CGRP_NOTIFY_ON_RELEASE, &cgrp->flags);
 
@@ -4817,7 +4827,7 @@ static void kill_css(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 static int cgroup_destroy_locked(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 	__releases(&cgroup_mutex) __acquires(&cgroup_mutex)
 {
-	struct cgroup *parent = cgroup_parent(cgrp);
+	struct cgroup *tcgrp, *parent = cgroup_parent(cgrp);
 	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
 	struct cgrp_cset_link *link;
 	int ssid;
@@ -4865,6 +4875,11 @@ static int cgroup_destroy_locked(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 	if (parent && cgroup_is_threaded(cgrp))
 		parent->nr_threaded_children--;
 
+	for (tcgrp = cgroup_parent(cgrp); tcgrp; tcgrp = cgroup_parent(tcgrp)) {
+		tcgrp->nr_descendants--;
+		tcgrp->nr_dying_descendants++;
+	}
+
 	cgroup1_check_for_release(cgroup_parent(cgrp));
 
 	/* put the base reference */