diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index c9bbcb2a75aecbacdb1463cf08a2b0a26d0f264b..a73e1ced09b863d675aa2cfca6e4540d4f471a2f 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -489,6 +489,7 @@ static inline struct cgroup_subsys_state *task_subsys_state(
 {
 	return rcu_dereference_check(task->cgroups->subsys[subsys_id],
 				     rcu_read_lock_held() ||
+				     !rcu_scheduler_active ||
 				     cgroup_lock_is_held());
 }