diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index 4c7254e8f49a5..97c53f3cc9174 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -2289,6 +2289,7 @@ static void cpuset_attach(struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
 	cgroup_taskset_first(tset, &css);
 	cs = css_cs(css);
 
+	cpus_read_lock();
 	percpu_down_write(&cpuset_rwsem);
 
 	guarantee_online_mems(cs, &cpuset_attach_nodemask_to);
@@ -2342,6 +2343,7 @@ static void cpuset_attach(struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
 		wake_up(&cpuset_attach_wq);
 
 	percpu_up_write(&cpuset_rwsem);
+	cpus_read_unlock();
 }
 
 /* The various types of files and directories in a cpuset file system */