diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 55a0a770a5a237645ec72a2706116742f2ddc454..c02b05560d10edf7364028ea1e23dc7735165e24 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -1401,8 +1401,8 @@ static void init_cgroup_root(struct cgroupfs_root *root)
 	root->number_of_cgroups = 1;
 	cgrp->root = root;
 	cgrp->top_cgroup = cgrp;
-	list_add_tail(&cgrp->allcg_node, &root->allcg_list);
 	init_cgroup_housekeeping(cgrp);
+	list_add_tail(&cgrp->allcg_node, &root->allcg_list);
 }
 
 static bool init_root_id(struct cgroupfs_root *root)