diff --git a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c b/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
index 5e828a2ca8e64641749da837fe093cefcfc958dc..213c0351dad8fc8315d6d79a5bf3706a59c823bd 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
@@ -153,6 +153,13 @@ static void freezer_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
 	kfree(cgroup_freezer(cgroup));
 }
 
+/* task is frozen or will freeze immediately when next it gets woken */
+static bool is_task_frozen_enough(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	return frozen(task) ||
+		(task_is_stopped_or_traced(task) && freezing(task));
+}
+
 /*
  * The call to cgroup_lock() in the freezer.state write method prevents
  * a write to that file racing against an attach, and hence the
@@ -231,7 +238,7 @@ static void update_if_frozen(struct cgroup *cgroup,
 	cgroup_iter_start(cgroup, &it);
 	while ((task = cgroup_iter_next(cgroup, &it))) {
 		ntotal++;
-		if (frozen(task))
+		if (is_task_frozen_enough(task))
 			nfrozen++;
 	}
 
@@ -284,7 +291,7 @@ static int try_to_freeze_cgroup(struct cgroup *cgroup, struct freezer *freezer)
 	while ((task = cgroup_iter_next(cgroup, &it))) {
 		if (!freeze_task(task, true))
 			continue;
-		if (frozen(task))
+		if (is_task_frozen_enough(task))
 			continue;
 		if (!freezing(task) && !freezer_should_skip(task))
 			num_cant_freeze_now++;