diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index fd572d0576917623643bd678b0d491ce5c5fcb25..abf7248f501afdc76f7cdc9ea957c4e55ef5da87 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ static int rebind_subsystems(struct cgroupfs_root *root,
 			BUG_ON(dummytop->subsys[i]->cgroup != dummytop);
 			cgrp->subsys[i] = dummytop->subsys[i];
 			cgrp->subsys[i]->cgroup = cgrp;
-			list_add(&ss->sibling, &root->subsys_list);
+			list_move(&ss->sibling, &root->subsys_list);
 			ss->root = root;
 			if (ss->bind)
 				ss->bind(ss, cgrp);
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ static int rebind_subsystems(struct cgroupfs_root *root,
 			dummytop->subsys[i]->cgroup = dummytop;
 			cgrp->subsys[i] = NULL;
 			subsys[i]->root = &rootnode;
-			list_del(&ss->sibling);
+			list_move(&ss->sibling, &rootnode.subsys_list);
 		} else if (bit & final_bits) {
 			/* Subsystem state should already exist */
 			BUG_ON(!cgrp->subsys[i]);
@@ -2521,6 +2521,7 @@ static void __init cgroup_init_subsys(struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 	printk(KERN_INFO "Initializing cgroup subsys %s\n", ss->name);
 
 	/* Create the top cgroup state for this subsystem */
+	list_add(&ss->sibling, &rootnode.subsys_list);
 	ss->root = &rootnode;
 	css = ss->create(ss, dummytop);
 	/* We don't handle early failures gracefully */