diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 46529502e9d5..e97772b42dfb 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -5266,7 +5266,6 @@ static u16 cgroup_disable_mask __initdata;
 int __init cgroup_init(void)
 {
 	struct cgroup_subsys *ss;
-	unsigned long key;
 	int ssid;
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(CGROUP_SUBSYS_COUNT > 16);
@@ -5276,9 +5275,12 @@ int __init cgroup_init(void)
 
 	mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);
 
-	/* Add init_css_set to the hash table */
-	key = css_set_hash(init_css_set.subsys);
-	hash_add(css_set_table, &init_css_set.hlist, key);
+	/*
+	 * Add init_css_set to the hash table so that dfl_root can link to
+	 * it during init.
+	 */
+	hash_add(css_set_table, &init_css_set.hlist,
+		 css_set_hash(init_css_set.subsys));
 
 	BUG_ON(cgroup_setup_root(&cgrp_dfl_root, 0));
 
@@ -5331,6 +5333,11 @@ int __init cgroup_init(void)
 			ss->bind(init_css_set.subsys[ssid]);
 	}
 
+	/* init_css_set.subsys[] has been updated, re-hash */
+	hash_del(&init_css_set.hlist);
+	hash_add(css_set_table, &init_css_set.hlist,
+		 css_set_hash(init_css_set.subsys));
+
 	WARN_ON(sysfs_create_mount_point(fs_kobj, "cgroup"));
 	WARN_ON(register_filesystem(&cgroup_fs_type));
 	WARN_ON(register_filesystem(&cgroup2_fs_type));