diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index fe876a77031adf5f8e1235ffb1c19a12cb978832..b4421221111dd6390a6766a7824338ebc0b13d7b 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -438,6 +438,7 @@ int cgroup_taskset_size(struct cgroup_taskset *tset);
 
 struct cgroup_subsys {
 	struct cgroup_subsys_state *(*create)(struct cgroup *cgrp);
+	void (*post_create)(struct cgroup *cgrp);
 	void (*pre_destroy)(struct cgroup *cgrp);
 	void (*destroy)(struct cgroup *cgrp);
 	int (*can_attach)(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_taskset *tset);
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 998ab5957c6a3775a23d833206072a86945effc8..26f2edbaf4f51a1a65f09b6df22f57bdf6e9f6d9 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -4059,10 +4059,15 @@ static long cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto err_remove;
 
-	/* each css holds a ref to the cgroup's dentry */
-	for_each_subsys(root, ss)
+	for_each_subsys(root, ss) {
+		/* each css holds a ref to the cgroup's dentry */
 		dget(dentry);
 
+		/* creation succeeded, notify subsystems */
+		if (ss->post_create)
+			ss->post_create(cgrp);
+	}
+
 	/* The cgroup directory was pre-locked for us */
 	BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&cgrp->dentry->d_inode->i_mutex));
 
@@ -4280,6 +4285,9 @@ static void __init cgroup_init_subsys(struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 
 	ss->active = 1;
 
+	if (ss->post_create)
+		ss->post_create(&ss->root->top_cgroup);
+
 	/* this function shouldn't be used with modular subsystems, since they
 	 * need to register a subsys_id, among other things */
 	BUG_ON(ss->module);
@@ -4389,6 +4397,9 @@ int __init_or_module cgroup_load_subsys(struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 
 	ss->active = 1;
 
+	if (ss->post_create)
+		ss->post_create(&ss->root->top_cgroup);
+
 	/* success! */
 	mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
 	return 0;