1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 7c999e809ba3..b00209544d57 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -412,6 +412,9 @@ static inline int perf_cgroup_connect(int fd, struct perf_event *event,
         cgrp = container_of(css, struct perf_cgroup, css);
         event->cgrp = cgrp;
 
+        /* must be done before we fput() the file */
+        perf_get_cgroup(event);
+
         /*
          * all events in a group must monitor
          * the same cgroup because a task belongs
@@ -420,9 +423,6 @@ static inline int perf_cgroup_connect(int fd, struct perf_event *event,
         if (group_leader && group_leader->cgrp != cgrp) {
                 perf_detach_cgroup(event);
                 ret = -EINVAL;
-        } else {
-                /* must be done before we fput() the file */
-                perf_get_cgroup(event);
         }
 out:
         fput_light(file, fput_needed);