1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c b/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
index da5e13975531..e5c0244962b0 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
@@ -205,9 +205,12 @@ static void freezer_fork(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct task_struct *task)
          * No lock is needed, since the task isn't on tasklist yet,
          * so it can't be moved to another cgroup, which means the
          * freezer won't be removed and will be valid during this
-         * function call.
+         * function call.  Nevertheless, apply RCU read-side critical
+         * section to suppress RCU lockdep false positives.
          */
+        rcu_read_lock();
         freezer = task_freezer(task);
+        rcu_read_unlock();
 
         /*
          * The root cgroup is non-freezable, so we can skip the