diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index 804ff5738c5f..4c7254e8f49a 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -1550,10 +1550,15 @@ static void update_sibling_cpumasks(struct cpuset *parent, struct cpuset *cs,
 	struct cpuset *sibling;
 	struct cgroup_subsys_state *pos_css;
 
+	percpu_rwsem_assert_held(&cpuset_rwsem);
+
 	/*
 	 * Check all its siblings and call update_cpumasks_hier()
 	 * if their use_parent_ecpus flag is set in order for them
 	 * to use the right effective_cpus value.
+	 *
+	 * The update_cpumasks_hier() function may sleep. So we have to
+	 * release the RCU read lock before calling it.
 	 */
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	cpuset_for_each_child(sibling, pos_css, parent) {
@@ -1561,8 +1566,13 @@ static void update_sibling_cpumasks(struct cpuset *parent, struct cpuset *cs,
 			continue;
 		if (!sibling->use_parent_ecpus)
 			continue;
+		if (!css_tryget_online(&sibling->css))
+			continue;
 
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		update_cpumasks_hier(sibling, tmp);
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		css_put(&sibling->css);
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }