diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
index 2a4f77f2b22933a4f0a4bf6f40aa0f026efa2bbf..54ec1721cd3e320b6e9e1ad119023139cc1a2510 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ struct blkcg blkcg_root = { .cfq_weight = 2 * CFQ_WEIGHT_DEFAULT,
 			    .cfq_leaf_weight = 2 * CFQ_WEIGHT_DEFAULT, };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blkcg_root);
 
+struct cgroup_subsys_state * const blkcg_root_css = &blkcg_root.css;
+
 static struct blkcg_policy *blkcg_policy[BLKCG_MAX_POLS];
 
 static bool blkcg_policy_enabled(struct request_queue *q,
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h b/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h
index 51f95b34d3f03268894f25f45b7b38ca6e6535ed..65f0c178fd041bdc471287ed734b7cc4fa3bc3eb 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ struct blkcg_policy {
 };
 
 extern struct blkcg blkcg_root;
+extern struct cgroup_subsys_state * const blkcg_root_css;
 
 struct blkcg_gq *blkg_lookup(struct blkcg *blkcg, struct request_queue *q);
 struct blkcg_gq *blkg_lookup_create(struct blkcg *blkcg,
@@ -570,6 +571,8 @@ struct blkcg_gq {
 struct blkcg_policy {
 };
 
+#define blkcg_root_css	((struct cgroup_subsys_state *)ERR_PTR(-EINVAL))
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
 
 static inline struct blkcg_gq *blkg_lookup(struct blkcg *blkcg, void *key) { return NULL; }