diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index 4b19f7fc4deb..a92990f070d1 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -6598,8 +6598,12 @@ struct cgroup *cgroup_get_from_path(const char *path)
 {
 	struct kernfs_node *kn;
 	struct cgroup *cgrp = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+	struct cgroup *root_cgrp;
 
-	kn = kernfs_walk_and_get(cgrp_dfl_root.cgrp.kn, path);
+	spin_lock_irq(&css_set_lock);
+	root_cgrp = current_cgns_cgroup_from_root(&cgrp_dfl_root);
+	kn = kernfs_walk_and_get(root_cgrp->kn, path);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&css_set_lock);
 	if (!kn)
 		goto out;