diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index 33a0043ef4542897bb1d5908c488332a0f225aa5..bee390586120d8355535de8aa92979481853f735 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -842,9 +842,12 @@ css_next_descendant_post(struct cgroup_subsys_state *pos,
 
 /* A css_task_iter should be treated as an opaque object */
 struct css_task_iter {
-	struct cgroup_subsys_state	*origin_css;
-	struct list_head		*cset_link;
-	struct list_head		*task;
+	struct list_head		*cset_pos;
+	struct list_head		*cset_head;
+
+	struct list_head		*task_pos;
+	struct list_head		*tasks_head;
+	struct list_head		*mg_tasks_head;
 };
 
 void css_task_iter_start(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 0edc186cd545a03d8749036aafcfcd6874ca9cd6..d48163b261968005962370963e40fec774eb8374 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -2857,27 +2857,30 @@ css_next_descendant_post(struct cgroup_subsys_state *pos,
  */
 static void css_advance_task_iter(struct css_task_iter *it)
 {
-	struct list_head *l = it->cset_link;
+	struct list_head *l = it->cset_pos;
 	struct cgrp_cset_link *link;
 	struct css_set *cset;
 
 	/* Advance to the next non-empty css_set */
 	do {
 		l = l->next;
-		if (l == &it->origin_css->cgroup->cset_links) {
-			it->cset_link = NULL;
+		if (l == it->cset_head) {
+			it->cset_pos = NULL;
 			return;
 		}
 		link = list_entry(l, struct cgrp_cset_link, cset_link);
 		cset = link->cset;
 	} while (list_empty(&cset->tasks) && list_empty(&cset->mg_tasks));
 
-	it->cset_link = l;
+	it->cset_pos = l;
 
 	if (!list_empty(&cset->tasks))
-		it->task = cset->tasks.next;
+		it->task_pos = cset->tasks.next;
 	else
-		it->task = cset->mg_tasks.next;
+		it->task_pos = cset->mg_tasks.next;
+
+	it->tasks_head = &cset->tasks;
+	it->mg_tasks_head = &cset->mg_tasks;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2903,8 +2906,8 @@ void css_task_iter_start(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
 
 	down_read(&css_set_rwsem);
 
-	it->origin_css = css;
-	it->cset_link = &css->cgroup->cset_links;
+	it->cset_pos = &css->cgroup->cset_links;
+	it->cset_head = it->cset_pos;
 
 	css_advance_task_iter(it);
 }
@@ -2920,12 +2923,10 @@ void css_task_iter_start(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
 struct task_struct *css_task_iter_next(struct css_task_iter *it)
 {
 	struct task_struct *res;
-	struct list_head *l = it->task;
-	struct cgrp_cset_link *link = list_entry(it->cset_link,
-					struct cgrp_cset_link, cset_link);
+	struct list_head *l = it->task_pos;
 
 	/* If the iterator cg is NULL, we have no tasks */
-	if (!it->cset_link)
+	if (!it->cset_pos)
 		return NULL;
 	res = list_entry(l, struct task_struct, cg_list);
 
@@ -2936,13 +2937,13 @@ struct task_struct *css_task_iter_next(struct css_task_iter *it)
 	 */
 	l = l->next;
 
-	if (l == &link->cset->tasks)
-		l = link->cset->mg_tasks.next;
+	if (l == it->tasks_head)
+		l = it->mg_tasks_head->next;
 
-	if (l == &link->cset->mg_tasks)
+	if (l == it->mg_tasks_head)
 		css_advance_task_iter(it);
 	else
-		it->task = l;
+		it->task_pos = l;
 
 	return res;
 }