diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 3251cc9070fa33198b445f01f5f8f45d85fa651a..7633703e9baf324e750412612fcb6f4bb70c2083 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -2373,11 +2373,10 @@ static int cgroup_release_agent_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 {
 	struct cgroup *cgrp = seq_css(seq)->cgroup;
 
-	if (!cgroup_lock_live_group(cgrp))
-		return -ENODEV;
+	spin_lock(&release_agent_path_lock);
 	seq_puts(seq, cgrp->root->release_agent_path);
+	spin_unlock(&release_agent_path_lock);
 	seq_putc(seq, '\n');
-	mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
 	return 0;
 }