diff --git a/fs/filescontrol.c b/fs/filescontrol.c
index fbaeacbe2de886cde67cdaa271fea70496313ac5..5ec5096383c3d55cd854be03ee1491b7b8b5cf81 100644
--- a/fs/filescontrol.c
+++ b/fs/filescontrol.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static void files_cgroup_attach(struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
 
 	task_lock(task);
 	files = task->files;
-	if (!files) {
+	if (!files || files == &init_files) {
 		task_unlock(task);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -311,6 +311,9 @@ void files_cgroup_assign(struct files_struct *files)
 {
 	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
 
+	if (files == &init_files)
+		return;
+
 	css = task_get_css(current, files_cgrp_id);
 	files->files_cgroup = container_of(css, struct files_cgroup, css);
 }
@@ -320,6 +323,9 @@ void files_cgroup_remove(struct files_struct *files)
 	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
 	struct files_cgroup *fcg;
 
+	if (files == &init_files)
+		return;
+
 	task_lock(tsk);
 	spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
 	fcg = files_cgroup_from_files(files);