diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c
index 377e8f8ed39186ad4ef57b33264592ed8459a037..a316ca96f1b639d8a0f58f616c1c62d4da61bfdf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static bool __match_event(struct perf_event *a, struct perf_event *b)
 static inline struct perf_cgroup *event_to_cgroup(struct perf_event *event)
 {
 	if (event->attach_state & PERF_ATTACH_TASK)
-		return perf_cgroup_from_task(event->hw.target);
+		return perf_cgroup_from_task(event->hw.target, event->ctx);
 
 	return event->cgrp;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index d841d33bcdc9c370742db6408e1f979594d37099..f9828a48f16addab4737683f3c8345ab87e52a0a 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -697,9 +697,11 @@ struct perf_cgroup {
  * if there is no cgroup event for the current CPU context.
  */
 static inline struct perf_cgroup *
-perf_cgroup_from_task(struct task_struct *task)
+perf_cgroup_from_task(struct task_struct *task, struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 {
-	return container_of(task_css(task, perf_event_cgrp_id),
+	return container_of(task_css_check(task, perf_event_cgrp_id,
+					   ctx ? lockdep_is_held(&ctx->lock)
+					       : true),
 			    struct perf_cgroup, css);
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_CGROUP_PERF */
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 60e71ca42c222e72d31e7fbfed3791c71f8dd3ad..1ac857aff7b092d4c1686928b4d07ffa27f4c878 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ static inline void update_cgrp_time_from_event(struct perf_event *event)
 	if (!is_cgroup_event(event))
 		return;
 
-	cgrp = perf_cgroup_from_task(current);
+	cgrp = perf_cgroup_from_task(current, event->ctx);
 	/*
 	 * Do not update time when cgroup is not active
 	 */
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ perf_cgroup_set_timestamp(struct task_struct *task,
 	if (!task || !ctx->nr_cgroups)
 		return;
 
-	cgrp = perf_cgroup_from_task(task);
+	cgrp = perf_cgroup_from_task(task, ctx);
 	info = this_cpu_ptr(cgrp->info);
 	info->timestamp = ctx->timestamp;
 }
@@ -521,8 +521,10 @@ static void perf_cgroup_switch(struct task_struct *task, int mode)
 				 * set cgrp before ctxsw in to allow
 				 * event_filter_match() to not have to pass
 				 * task around
+				 * we pass the cpuctx->ctx to perf_cgroup_from_task()
+				 * because cgorup events are only per-cpu
 				 */
-				cpuctx->cgrp = perf_cgroup_from_task(task);
+				cpuctx->cgrp = perf_cgroup_from_task(task, &cpuctx->ctx);
 				cpu_ctx_sched_in(cpuctx, EVENT_ALL, task);
 			}
 			perf_pmu_enable(cpuctx->ctx.pmu);
@@ -542,15 +544,17 @@ static inline void perf_cgroup_sched_out(struct task_struct *task,
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	/*
 	 * we come here when we know perf_cgroup_events > 0
+	 * we do not need to pass the ctx here because we know
+	 * we are holding the rcu lock
 	 */
-	cgrp1 = perf_cgroup_from_task(task);
+	cgrp1 = perf_cgroup_from_task(task, NULL);
 
 	/*
 	 * next is NULL when called from perf_event_enable_on_exec()
 	 * that will systematically cause a cgroup_switch()
 	 */
 	if (next)
-		cgrp2 = perf_cgroup_from_task(next);
+		cgrp2 = perf_cgroup_from_task(next, NULL);
 
 	/*
 	 * only schedule out current cgroup events if we know
@@ -572,11 +576,13 @@ static inline void perf_cgroup_sched_in(struct task_struct *prev,
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	/*
 	 * we come here when we know perf_cgroup_events > 0
+	 * we do not need to pass the ctx here because we know
+	 * we are holding the rcu lock
 	 */
-	cgrp1 = perf_cgroup_from_task(task);
+	cgrp1 = perf_cgroup_from_task(task, NULL);
 
 	/* prev can never be NULL */
-	cgrp2 = perf_cgroup_from_task(prev);
+	cgrp2 = perf_cgroup_from_task(prev, NULL);
 
 	/*
 	 * only need to schedule in cgroup events if we are changing