diff --git a/include/linux/psi.h b/include/linux/psi.h
index ab26200c2803..e0745873e3f2 100644
--- a/include/linux/psi.h
+++ b/include/linux/psi.h
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ void psi_memstall_enter(unsigned long *flags);
 void psi_memstall_leave(unsigned long *flags);
 
 int psi_show(struct seq_file *s, struct psi_group *group, enum psi_res res);
-struct psi_trigger *psi_trigger_create(struct psi_group *group,
-			char *buf, enum psi_res res, struct file *file);
+struct psi_trigger *psi_trigger_create(struct psi_group *group, char *buf,
+				       enum psi_res res, struct file *file,
+				       struct kernfs_open_file *of);
 void psi_trigger_destroy(struct psi_trigger *t);
 
 __poll_t psi_trigger_poll(void **trigger_ptr, struct file *file,
diff --git a/include/linux/psi_types.h b/include/linux/psi_types.h
index 040c089581c6..f1fd3a8044e0 100644
--- a/include/linux/psi_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/psi_types.h
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ struct psi_trigger {
 	/* Wait queue for polling */
 	wait_queue_head_t event_wait;
 
+	/* Kernfs file for cgroup triggers */
+	struct kernfs_open_file *of;
+
 	/* Pending event flag */
 	int event;
 
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index bfe3cd8ccf36..f55a40db065f 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -3730,7 +3730,7 @@ static ssize_t pressure_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf,
 	}
 
 	psi = cgroup_psi(cgrp);
-	new = psi_trigger_create(psi, buf, res, of->file);
+	new = psi_trigger_create(psi, buf, res, of->file, of);
 	if (IS_ERR(new)) {
 		cgroup_put(cgrp);
 		return PTR_ERR(new);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/psi.c b/kernel/sched/psi.c
index 81fca77397f6..9bb3f2b3ccfc 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/psi.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/psi.c
@@ -493,8 +493,12 @@ static u64 update_triggers(struct psi_group *group, u64 now, bool *update_total,
 			continue;
 
 		/* Generate an event */
-		if (cmpxchg(&t->event, 0, 1) == 0)
-			wake_up_interruptible(&t->event_wait);
+		if (cmpxchg(&t->event, 0, 1) == 0) {
+			if (t->of)
+				kernfs_notify(t->of->kn);
+			else
+				wake_up_interruptible(&t->event_wait);
+		}
 		t->last_event_time = now;
 		/* Reset threshold breach flag once event got generated */
 		t->pending_event = false;
@@ -1271,8 +1275,9 @@ int psi_show(struct seq_file *m, struct psi_group *group, enum psi_res res)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct psi_trigger *psi_trigger_create(struct psi_group *group,
-			char *buf, enum psi_res res, struct file *file)
+struct psi_trigger *psi_trigger_create(struct psi_group *group, char *buf,
+				       enum psi_res res, struct file *file,
+				       struct kernfs_open_file *of)
 {
 	struct psi_trigger *t;
 	enum psi_states state;
@@ -1331,7 +1336,9 @@ struct psi_trigger *psi_trigger_create(struct psi_group *group,
 
 	t->event = 0;
 	t->last_event_time = 0;
-	init_waitqueue_head(&t->event_wait);
+	t->of = of;
+	if (!of)
+		init_waitqueue_head(&t->event_wait);
 	t->pending_event = false;
 	t->aggregator = privileged ? PSI_POLL : PSI_AVGS;
 
@@ -1388,7 +1395,10 @@ void psi_trigger_destroy(struct psi_trigger *t)
 	 * being accessed later. Can happen if cgroup is deleted from under a
 	 * polling process.
 	 */
-	wake_up_pollfree(&t->event_wait);
+	if (t->of)
+		kernfs_notify(t->of->kn);
+	else
+		wake_up_interruptible(&t->event_wait);
 
 	if (t->aggregator == PSI_AVGS) {
 		mutex_lock(&group->avgs_lock);
@@ -1465,7 +1475,10 @@ __poll_t psi_trigger_poll(void **trigger_ptr,
 	if (!t)
 		return DEFAULT_POLLMASK | EPOLLERR | EPOLLPRI;
 
-	poll_wait(file, &t->event_wait, wait);
+	if (t->of)
+		kernfs_generic_poll(t->of, wait);
+	else
+		poll_wait(file, &t->event_wait, wait);
 
 	if (cmpxchg(&t->event, 1, 0) == 1)
 		ret |= EPOLLPRI;
@@ -1535,7 +1548,7 @@ static ssize_t psi_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf,
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
-	new = psi_trigger_create(&psi_system, buf, res, file);
+	new = psi_trigger_create(&psi_system, buf, res, file, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(new)) {
 		mutex_unlock(&seq->lock);
 		return PTR_ERR(new);