diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 698a86094f76..e595e1529581 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 		struct task_struct *leader = tsk->group_leader;
 
 		for (;;) {
-			threadgroup_change_begin(tsk);
+			cgroup_threadgroup_change_begin(tsk);
 			write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 			/*
 			 * Do this under tasklist_lock to ensure that
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 				break;
 			__set_current_state(TASK_KILLABLE);
 			write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
-			threadgroup_change_end(tsk);
+			cgroup_threadgroup_change_end(tsk);
 			schedule();
 			if (unlikely(__fatal_signal_pending(tsk)))
 				goto killed;
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 		if (unlikely(leader->ptrace))
 			__wake_up_parent(leader, leader->parent);
 		write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
-		threadgroup_change_end(tsk);
+		cgroup_threadgroup_change_end(tsk);
 
 		release_task(leader);
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h
index 3c02404cfce9..6a3f850cabab 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h
@@ -531,8 +531,8 @@ extern struct percpu_rw_semaphore cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem;
  * cgroup_threadgroup_change_begin - threadgroup exclusion for cgroups
  * @tsk: target task
  *
- * Called from threadgroup_change_begin() and allows cgroup operations to
- * synchronize against threadgroup changes using a percpu_rw_semaphore.
+ * Allows cgroup operations to synchronize against threadgroup changes
+ * using a percpu_rw_semaphore.
  */
 static inline void cgroup_threadgroup_change_begin(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
@@ -543,8 +543,7 @@ static inline void cgroup_threadgroup_change_begin(struct task_struct *tsk)
  * cgroup_threadgroup_change_end - threadgroup exclusion for cgroups
  * @tsk: target task
  *
- * Called from threadgroup_change_end().  Counterpart of
- * cgroup_threadcgroup_change_begin().
+ * Counterpart of cgroup_threadcgroup_change_begin().
  */
 static inline void cgroup_threadgroup_change_end(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
@@ -555,7 +554,11 @@ static inline void cgroup_threadgroup_change_end(struct task_struct *tsk)
 
 #define CGROUP_SUBSYS_COUNT 0
 
-static inline void cgroup_threadgroup_change_begin(struct task_struct *tsk) {}
+static inline void cgroup_threadgroup_change_begin(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	might_sleep();
+}
+
 static inline void cgroup_threadgroup_change_end(struct task_struct *tsk) {}
 
 #endif	/* CONFIG_CGROUPS */
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index e732881517f2..3f61baac928b 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -3162,34 +3162,6 @@ static inline void unlock_task_sighand(struct task_struct *tsk,
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tsk->sighand->siglock, *flags);
 }
 
-/**
- * threadgroup_change_begin - mark the beginning of changes to a threadgroup
- * @tsk: task causing the changes
- *
- * All operations which modify a threadgroup - a new thread joining the
- * group, death of a member thread (the assertion of PF_EXITING) and
- * exec(2) dethreading the process and replacing the leader - are wrapped
- * by threadgroup_change_{begin|end}().  This is to provide a place which
- * subsystems needing threadgroup stability can hook into for
- * synchronization.
- */
-static inline void threadgroup_change_begin(struct task_struct *tsk)
-{
-	might_sleep();
-	cgroup_threadgroup_change_begin(tsk);
-}
-
-/**
- * threadgroup_change_end - mark the end of changes to a threadgroup
- * @tsk: task causing the changes
- *
- * See threadgroup_change_begin().
- */
-static inline void threadgroup_change_end(struct task_struct *tsk)
-{
-	cgroup_threadgroup_change_end(tsk);
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK
 
 static inline struct thread_info *task_thread_info(struct task_struct *task)
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/pids.c b/kernel/cgroup/pids.c
index 2bd673783f1a..e756dae49300 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/pids.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/pids.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ static void pids_cancel_attach(struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
 
 /*
  * task_css_check(true) in pids_can_fork() and pids_cancel_fork() relies
- * on threadgroup_change_begin() held by the copy_process().
+ * on cgroup_threadgroup_change_begin() held by the copy_process().
  */
 static int pids_can_fork(struct task_struct *task)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 246bf9aaf9df..d043fedc03c8 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1746,7 +1746,7 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->thread_group);
 	p->task_works = NULL;
 
-	threadgroup_change_begin(current);
+	cgroup_threadgroup_change_begin(current);
 	/*
 	 * Ensure that the cgroup subsystem policies allow the new process to be
 	 * forked. It should be noted the the new process's css_set can be changed
@@ -1843,7 +1843,7 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
 
 	proc_fork_connector(p);
 	cgroup_post_fork(p);
-	threadgroup_change_end(current);
+	cgroup_threadgroup_change_end(current);
 	perf_event_fork(p);
 
 	trace_task_newtask(p, clone_flags);
@@ -1854,7 +1854,7 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
 bad_fork_cancel_cgroup:
 	cgroup_cancel_fork(p);
 bad_fork_free_pid:
-	threadgroup_change_end(current);
+	cgroup_threadgroup_change_end(current);
 	if (pid != &init_struct_pid)
 		free_pid(pid);
 bad_fork_cleanup_thread:
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 214a8feeb771..bae358532d0a 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -2395,11 +2395,11 @@ void exit_signals(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	 * @tsk is about to have PF_EXITING set - lock out users which
 	 * expect stable threadgroup.
 	 */
-	threadgroup_change_begin(tsk);
+	cgroup_threadgroup_change_begin(tsk);
 
 	if (thread_group_empty(tsk) || signal_group_exit(tsk->signal)) {
 		tsk->flags |= PF_EXITING;
-		threadgroup_change_end(tsk);
+		cgroup_threadgroup_change_end(tsk);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -2410,7 +2410,7 @@ void exit_signals(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	 */
 	tsk->flags |= PF_EXITING;
 
-	threadgroup_change_end(tsk);
+	cgroup_threadgroup_change_end(tsk);
 
 	if (!signal_pending(tsk))
 		goto out;