diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 2731d115d725c0a216f06d18cd60367eab4210da..81a867851feedfc6b8b5719fd313175d956a2680 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/cgroup.h>
+#include <linux/cred.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/init_task.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
@@ -1514,6 +1516,7 @@ static struct dentry *cgroup_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 		struct cgroup *root_cgrp = &root->top_cgroup;
 		struct inode *inode;
 		struct cgroupfs_root *existing_root;
+		const struct cred *cred;
 		int i;
 
 		BUG_ON(sb->s_root != NULL);
@@ -1593,7 +1596,9 @@ static struct dentry *cgroup_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 		BUG_ON(!list_empty(&root_cgrp->children));
 		BUG_ON(root->number_of_cgroups != 1);
 
+		cred = override_creds(&init_cred);
 		cgroup_populate_dir(root_cgrp);
+		revert_creds(cred);
 		mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
 		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	} else {