diff --git a/include/linux/init_task.h b/include/linux/init_task.h
index bafc58c00fc32b92fdbdb533c3e43d0e659c44b3..580f70c02391712f7cc0351d645361b683b82a8b 100644
--- a/include/linux/init_task.h
+++ b/include/linux/init_task.h
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@
 extern struct files_struct init_files;
 extern struct fs_struct init_fs;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUPS
+#define INIT_THREADGROUP_FORK_LOCK(sig)					\
+	.threadgroup_fork_lock =					\
+		__RWSEM_INITIALIZER(sig.threadgroup_fork_lock),
+#else
+#define INIT_THREADGROUP_FORK_LOCK(sig)
+#endif
+
 #define INIT_SIGNALS(sig) {						\
 	.nr_threads	= 1,						\
 	.wait_chldexit	= __WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD_INITIALIZER(sig.wait_chldexit),\
@@ -38,6 +46,7 @@ extern struct fs_struct init_fs;
 	},								\
 	.cred_guard_mutex =						\
 		 __MUTEX_INITIALIZER(sig.cred_guard_mutex),		\
+	INIT_THREADGROUP_FORK_LOCK(sig)					\
 }
 
 extern struct nsproxy init_nsproxy;
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index f18300eddfcb51041eb833eeefb1284288e7f2c9..dc8871295a5ab59edb7d4a35aa5c71c02e2cd6e1 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -513,6 +513,7 @@ struct thread_group_cputimer {
 	spinlock_t lock;
 };
 
+#include <linux/rwsem.h>
 struct autogroup;
 
 /*
@@ -632,6 +633,16 @@ struct signal_struct {
 	unsigned audit_tty;
 	struct tty_audit_buf *tty_audit_buf;
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUPS
+	/*
+	 * The threadgroup_fork_lock prevents threads from forking with
+	 * CLONE_THREAD while held for writing. Use this for fork-sensitive
+	 * threadgroup-wide operations. It's taken for reading in fork.c in
+	 * copy_process().
+	 * Currently only needed write-side by cgroups.
+	 */
+	struct rw_semaphore threadgroup_fork_lock;
+#endif
 
 	int oom_adj;		/* OOM kill score adjustment (bit shift) */
 	int oom_score_adj;	/* OOM kill score adjustment */
@@ -2323,6 +2334,31 @@ static inline void unlock_task_sighand(struct task_struct *tsk,
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tsk->sighand->siglock, *flags);
 }
 
+/* See the declaration of threadgroup_fork_lock in signal_struct. */
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUPS
+static inline void threadgroup_fork_read_lock(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	down_read(&tsk->signal->threadgroup_fork_lock);
+}
+static inline void threadgroup_fork_read_unlock(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	up_read(&tsk->signal->threadgroup_fork_lock);
+}
+static inline void threadgroup_fork_write_lock(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	down_write(&tsk->signal->threadgroup_fork_lock);
+}
+static inline void threadgroup_fork_write_unlock(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	up_write(&tsk->signal->threadgroup_fork_lock);
+}
+#else
+static inline void threadgroup_fork_read_lock(struct task_struct *tsk) {}
+static inline void threadgroup_fork_read_unlock(struct task_struct *tsk) {}
+static inline void threadgroup_fork_write_lock(struct task_struct *tsk) {}
+static inline void threadgroup_fork_write_unlock(struct task_struct *tsk) {}
+#endif
+
 #ifndef __HAVE_THREAD_FUNCTIONS
 
 #define task_thread_info(task)	((struct thread_info *)(task)->stack)
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 8e7e135d08177e9f99e3ecf2c8142d56a1989c85..1fa9d940e301f4b59b731723f52b2c66d4f47442 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -957,6 +957,10 @@ static int copy_signal(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
 	tty_audit_fork(sig);
 	sched_autogroup_fork(sig);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUPS
+	init_rwsem(&sig->threadgroup_fork_lock);
+#endif
+
 	sig->oom_adj = current->signal->oom_adj;
 	sig->oom_score_adj = current->signal->oom_score_adj;
 	sig->oom_score_adj_min = current->signal->oom_score_adj_min;
@@ -1138,6 +1142,8 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 	monotonic_to_bootbased(&p->real_start_time);
 	p->io_context = NULL;
 	p->audit_context = NULL;
+	if (clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD)
+		threadgroup_fork_read_lock(current);
 	cgroup_fork(p);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 	p->mempolicy = mpol_dup(p->mempolicy);
@@ -1342,6 +1348,8 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 	write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 	proc_fork_connector(p);
 	cgroup_post_fork(p);
+	if (clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD)
+		threadgroup_fork_read_unlock(current);
 	perf_event_fork(p);
 	return p;
 
@@ -1380,6 +1388,8 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 	mpol_put(p->mempolicy);
 bad_fork_cleanup_cgroup:
 #endif
+	if (clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD)
+		threadgroup_fork_read_unlock(current);
 	cgroup_exit(p, cgroup_callbacks_done);
 	delayacct_tsk_free(p);
 	module_put(task_thread_info(p)->exec_domain->module);