diff --git a/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c b/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c
index 9f90d3c92bda..e8cbdd1be687 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c
@@ -295,9 +295,8 @@ int __cgroup_bpf_attach(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct bpf_prog *prog,
 	struct bpf_prog *old_prog = NULL;
 	struct bpf_cgroup_storage *storage[MAX_BPF_CGROUP_STORAGE_TYPE],
 		*old_storage[MAX_BPF_CGROUP_STORAGE_TYPE] = {NULL};
+	struct bpf_prog_list *pl, *replace_pl = NULL;
 	enum bpf_cgroup_storage_type stype;
-	struct bpf_prog_list *pl;
-	bool pl_was_allocated;
 	int err;
 
 	if ((flags & BPF_F_ALLOW_OVERRIDE) && (flags & BPF_F_ALLOW_MULTI))
@@ -317,6 +316,16 @@ int __cgroup_bpf_attach(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct bpf_prog *prog,
 	if (prog_list_length(progs) >= BPF_CGROUP_MAX_PROGS)
 		return -E2BIG;
 
+	if (flags & BPF_F_ALLOW_MULTI) {
+		list_for_each_entry(pl, progs, node) {
+			if (pl->prog == prog)
+				/* disallow attaching the same prog twice */
+				return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	} else if (!list_empty(progs)) {
+		replace_pl = list_first_entry(progs, typeof(*pl), node);
+	}
+
 	for_each_cgroup_storage_type(stype) {
 		storage[stype] = bpf_cgroup_storage_alloc(prog, stype);
 		if (IS_ERR(storage[stype])) {
@@ -327,52 +336,27 @@ int __cgroup_bpf_attach(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct bpf_prog *prog,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (flags & BPF_F_ALLOW_MULTI) {
-		list_for_each_entry(pl, progs, node) {
-			if (pl->prog == prog) {
-				/* disallow attaching the same prog twice */
-				for_each_cgroup_storage_type(stype)
-					bpf_cgroup_storage_free(storage[stype]);
-				return -EINVAL;
-			}
+	if (replace_pl) {
+		pl = replace_pl;
+		old_prog = pl->prog;
+		for_each_cgroup_storage_type(stype) {
+			old_storage[stype] = pl->storage[stype];
+			bpf_cgroup_storage_unlink(old_storage[stype]);
 		}
-
+	} else {
 		pl = kmalloc(sizeof(*pl), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!pl) {
 			for_each_cgroup_storage_type(stype)
 				bpf_cgroup_storage_free(storage[stype]);
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
-
-		pl_was_allocated = true;
-		pl->prog = prog;
-		for_each_cgroup_storage_type(stype)
-			pl->storage[stype] = storage[stype];
 		list_add_tail(&pl->node, progs);
-	} else {
-		if (list_empty(progs)) {
-			pl = kmalloc(sizeof(*pl), GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (!pl) {
-				for_each_cgroup_storage_type(stype)
-					bpf_cgroup_storage_free(storage[stype]);
-				return -ENOMEM;
-			}
-			pl_was_allocated = true;
-			list_add_tail(&pl->node, progs);
-		} else {
-			pl = list_first_entry(progs, typeof(*pl), node);
-			old_prog = pl->prog;
-			for_each_cgroup_storage_type(stype) {
-				old_storage[stype] = pl->storage[stype];
-				bpf_cgroup_storage_unlink(old_storage[stype]);
-			}
-			pl_was_allocated = false;
-		}
-		pl->prog = prog;
-		for_each_cgroup_storage_type(stype)
-			pl->storage[stype] = storage[stype];
 	}
 
+	pl->prog = prog;
+	for_each_cgroup_storage_type(stype)
+		pl->storage[stype] = storage[stype];
+
 	cgrp->bpf.flags[type] = flags;
 
 	err = update_effective_progs(cgrp, type);
@@ -401,7 +385,7 @@ int __cgroup_bpf_attach(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct bpf_prog *prog,
 		pl->storage[stype] = old_storage[stype];
 		bpf_cgroup_storage_link(old_storage[stype], cgrp, type);
 	}
-	if (pl_was_allocated) {
+	if (!replace_pl) {
 		list_del(&pl->node);
 		kfree(pl);
 	}