diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpuacct.c b/kernel/sched/cpuacct.c
index 72bd971ea377..b2aaaba16d46 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpuacct.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpuacct.c
@@ -210,9 +210,13 @@ void cpuacct_charge(struct task_struct *tsk, u64 cputime)
 
 	ca = task_ca(tsk);
 
-	for (; ca; ca = parent_ca(ca)) {
+	while (true) {
 		u64 *cpuusage = per_cpu_ptr(ca->cpuusage, cpu);
 		*cpuusage += cputime;
+
+		ca = parent_ca(ca);
+		if (!ca)
+			break;
 	}
 
 	rcu_read_unlock();
diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpuacct.h b/kernel/sched/cpuacct.h
index bd0409b85525..45c168207fcc 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpuacct.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpuacct.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static inline struct cpuacct *task_ca(struct task_struct *tsk)
 
 static inline struct cpuacct *parent_ca(struct cpuacct *ca)
 {
-	if (!ca || !ca->css.cgroup->parent)
+	if (!ca->css.cgroup->parent)
 		return NULL;
 	return cgroup_ca(ca->css.cgroup->parent);
 }