diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index 08b78c09b09a..f68dfd8dd53a 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -337,7 +337,6 @@ struct cgroup_subsys {
 #define MAX_CGROUP_TYPE_NAMELEN 32
 	const char *name;
 
-	/* Protected by RCU */
 	struct cgroupfs_root *root;
 
 	struct list_head sibling;
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index a391ab3bdfc6..a288da176e46 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ static int rebind_subsystems(struct cgroupfs_root *root,
 			cgrp->subsys[i] = dummytop->subsys[i];
 			cgrp->subsys[i]->cgroup = cgrp;
 			list_add(&ss->sibling, &root->subsys_list);
-			rcu_assign_pointer(ss->root, root);
+			ss->root = root;
 			if (ss->bind)
 				ss->bind(ss, cgrp);
 
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ static int rebind_subsystems(struct cgroupfs_root *root,
 				ss->bind(ss, dummytop);
 			dummytop->subsys[i]->cgroup = dummytop;
 			cgrp->subsys[i] = NULL;
-			rcu_assign_pointer(subsys[i]->root, &rootnode);
+			subsys[i]->root = &rootnode;
 			list_del(&ss->sibling);
 		} else if (bit & final_bits) {
 			/* Subsystem state should already exist */