diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 2097684cf19474aee676513af39de14035c4fce7..b303dfc7dce0703299c3e8840e91d101497495ec 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -901,13 +901,10 @@ static void cgroup_diput(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 		mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
 
 		/*
-		 * We want to drop the active superblock reference from the
-		 * cgroup creation after all the dentry refs are gone -
-		 * kill_sb gets mighty unhappy otherwise.  Mark
-		 * dentry->d_fsdata with cgroup_diput() to tell
-		 * cgroup_d_release() to call deactivate_super().
+		 * Drop the active superblock reference that we took when we
+		 * created the cgroup
 		 */
-		dentry->d_fsdata = cgroup_diput;
+		deactivate_super(cgrp->root->sb);
 
 		/*
 		 * if we're getting rid of the cgroup, refcount should ensure
@@ -933,13 +930,6 @@ static int cgroup_delete(const struct dentry *d)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static void cgroup_d_release(struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	/* did cgroup_diput() tell me to deactivate super? */
-	if (dentry->d_fsdata == cgroup_diput)
-		deactivate_super(dentry->d_sb);
-}
-
 static void remove_dir(struct dentry *d)
 {
 	struct dentry *parent = dget(d->d_parent);
@@ -1547,7 +1537,6 @@ static int cgroup_get_rootdir(struct super_block *sb)
 	static const struct dentry_operations cgroup_dops = {
 		.d_iput = cgroup_diput,
 		.d_delete = cgroup_delete,
-		.d_release = cgroup_d_release,
 	};
 
 	struct inode *inode =
@@ -3894,8 +3883,12 @@ static void css_dput_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css =
 		container_of(work, struct cgroup_subsys_state, dput_work);
+	struct dentry *dentry = css->cgroup->dentry;
+	struct super_block *sb = dentry->d_sb;
 
-	dput(css->cgroup->dentry);
+	atomic_inc(&sb->s_active);
+	dput(dentry);
+	deactivate_super(sb);
 }
 
 static void init_cgroup_css(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,