diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index 30c68773fd1e3cc30572bc69206aa6d03b3ca150..52ef9a68ff14c438db1256aedd97701f0094a65f 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -609,6 +609,10 @@ static inline void cgroup_kthread_ready(void)
 	current->no_cgroup_migration = 0;
 }
 
+static inline union kernfs_node_id *cgroup_get_kernfs_id(struct cgroup *cgrp)
+{
+	return &cgrp->kn->id;
+}
 #else /* !CONFIG_CGROUPS */
 
 struct cgroup_subsys_state;
@@ -631,6 +635,10 @@ static inline int cgroup_init_early(void) { return 0; }
 static inline int cgroup_init(void) { return 0; }
 static inline void cgroup_init_kthreadd(void) {}
 static inline void cgroup_kthread_ready(void) {}
+static inline union kernfs_node_id *cgroup_get_kernfs_id(struct cgroup *cgrp)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
 
 static inline bool task_under_cgroup_hierarchy(struct task_struct *task,
 					       struct cgroup *ancestor)