diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index 1e356c222756..0d1ada8968d7 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -450,6 +450,7 @@ extern struct mutex cgroup_mutex;
 extern spinlock_t css_set_lock;
 #define task_css_set_check(task, __c)					\
 	rcu_dereference_check((task)->cgroups,				\
+		rcu_read_lock_sched_held() ||				\
 		lockdep_is_held(&cgroup_mutex) ||			\
 		lockdep_is_held(&css_set_lock) ||			\
 		((task)->flags & PF_EXITING) || (__c))