diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index 9a109c6ac0e0..1e356c222756 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -804,11 +804,9 @@ static inline void cgroup_account_cputime_field(struct task_struct *task,
 
 	cpuacct_account_field(task, index, delta_exec);
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	cgrp = task_dfl_cgroup(task);
 	if (cgroup_parent(cgrp))
 		__cgroup_account_cputime_field(cgrp, index, delta_exec);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 #else	/* CONFIG_CGROUPS */
diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpuacct.c b/kernel/sched/cpuacct.c
index f79f88456d72..d269ede84e85 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpuacct.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpuacct.c
@@ -352,10 +352,8 @@ void cpuacct_account_field(struct task_struct *tsk, int index, u64 val)
 {
 	struct cpuacct *ca;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	for (ca = task_ca(tsk); ca != &root_cpuacct; ca = parent_ca(ca))
 		__this_cpu_add(ca->cpustat->cpustat[index], val);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 struct cgroup_subsys cpuacct_cgrp_subsys = {