diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index 1d1fe9361d29882369f76e426b56ddd002582d2c..fc7f4748d34a9fe017bd9a42353db7a4095240d2 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -548,9 +548,6 @@ static void update_domain_attr_tree(struct sched_domain_attr *dattr,
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	cpuset_for_each_descendant_pre(cp, pos_css, root_cs) {
-		if (cp == root_cs)
-			continue;
-
 		/* skip the whole subtree if @cp doesn't have any CPU */
 		if (cpumask_empty(cp->cpus_allowed)) {
 			pos_css = css_rightmost_descendant(pos_css);
@@ -873,7 +870,7 @@ static void update_cpumasks_hier(struct cpuset *cs, struct cpumask *new_cpus)
 		 * If it becomes empty, inherit the effective mask of the
 		 * parent, which is guaranteed to have some CPUs.
 		 */
-		if (cpumask_empty(new_cpus))
+		if (cgroup_on_dfl(cp->css.cgroup) && cpumask_empty(new_cpus))
 			cpumask_copy(new_cpus, parent->effective_cpus);
 
 		/* Skip the whole subtree if the cpumask remains the same. */
@@ -1129,7 +1126,7 @@ static void update_nodemasks_hier(struct cpuset *cs, nodemask_t *new_mems)
 		 * If it becomes empty, inherit the effective mask of the
 		 * parent, which is guaranteed to have some MEMs.
 		 */
-		if (nodes_empty(*new_mems))
+		if (cgroup_on_dfl(cp->css.cgroup) && nodes_empty(*new_mems))
 			*new_mems = parent->effective_mems;
 
 		/* Skip the whole subtree if the nodemask remains the same. */
@@ -1979,7 +1976,9 @@ static int cpuset_css_online(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&callback_lock);
 	cs->mems_allowed = parent->mems_allowed;
+	cs->effective_mems = parent->mems_allowed;
 	cpumask_copy(cs->cpus_allowed, parent->cpus_allowed);
+	cpumask_copy(cs->effective_cpus, parent->cpus_allowed);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&callback_lock);
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&cpuset_mutex);