diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h
index 8fcbae1b8db0f378092ff0c411e54315bee370d5..120d1d40704bc0df6eaf68a28c38d5e7faea19e5 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ struct cgroup_subsys {
 	void (*cancel_fork)(struct task_struct *task);
 	void (*fork)(struct task_struct *task);
 	void (*exit)(struct task_struct *task);
-	void (*free)(struct task_struct *task);
+	void (*release)(struct task_struct *task);
 	void (*bind)(struct cgroup_subsys_state *root_css);
 
 	bool early_init:1;
diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index 9968332cceed0e64e5fc9bdb814507b0bf67451b..81f58b4a5418da9bf57d1c6f78a2782aeba61377 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ extern int cgroup_can_fork(struct task_struct *p);
 extern void cgroup_cancel_fork(struct task_struct *p);
 extern void cgroup_post_fork(struct task_struct *p);
 void cgroup_exit(struct task_struct *p);
+void cgroup_release(struct task_struct *p);
 void cgroup_free(struct task_struct *p);
 
 int cgroup_init_early(void);
@@ -697,6 +698,7 @@ static inline int cgroup_can_fork(struct task_struct *p) { return 0; }
 static inline void cgroup_cancel_fork(struct task_struct *p) {}
 static inline void cgroup_post_fork(struct task_struct *p) {}
 static inline void cgroup_exit(struct task_struct *p) {}
+static inline void cgroup_release(struct task_struct *p) {}
 static inline void cgroup_free(struct task_struct *p) {}
 
 static inline int cgroup_init_early(void) { return 0; }
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index f31bd61c946645a30c9f43814bec588c9034677c..f4418371c83b0543a33520536e0a241662bda769 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ static u64 css_serial_nr_next = 1;
  */
 static u16 have_fork_callback __read_mostly;
 static u16 have_exit_callback __read_mostly;
-static u16 have_free_callback __read_mostly;
+static u16 have_release_callback __read_mostly;
 static u16 have_canfork_callback __read_mostly;
 
 /* cgroup namespace for init task */
@@ -5313,7 +5313,7 @@ static void __init cgroup_init_subsys(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, bool early)
 
 	have_fork_callback |= (bool)ss->fork << ss->id;
 	have_exit_callback |= (bool)ss->exit << ss->id;
-	have_free_callback |= (bool)ss->free << ss->id;
+	have_release_callback |= (bool)ss->release << ss->id;
 	have_canfork_callback |= (bool)ss->can_fork << ss->id;
 
 	/* At system boot, before all subsystems have been
@@ -5749,16 +5749,19 @@ void cgroup_exit(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	} while_each_subsys_mask();
 }
 
-void cgroup_free(struct task_struct *task)
+void cgroup_release(struct task_struct *task)
 {
-	struct css_set *cset = task_css_set(task);
 	struct cgroup_subsys *ss;
 	int ssid;
 
-	do_each_subsys_mask(ss, ssid, have_free_callback) {
-		ss->free(task);
+	do_each_subsys_mask(ss, ssid, have_release_callback) {
+		ss->release(task);
 	} while_each_subsys_mask();
+}
 
+void cgroup_free(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	struct css_set *cset = task_css_set(task);
 	put_css_set(cset);
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/pids.c b/kernel/cgroup/pids.c
index 9829c67ebc0ae0236af31913b2ce858b0a2c33b2..c9960baaa14f23f7b85a47b8f6f067da083c21cc 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/pids.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/pids.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static void pids_cancel_fork(struct task_struct *task)
 	pids_uncharge(pids, 1);
 }
 
-static void pids_free(struct task_struct *task)
+static void pids_release(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	struct pids_cgroup *pids = css_pids(task_css(task, pids_cgrp_id));
 
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ struct cgroup_subsys pids_cgrp_subsys = {
 	.cancel_attach 	= pids_cancel_attach,
 	.can_fork	= pids_can_fork,
 	.cancel_fork	= pids_cancel_fork,
-	.free		= pids_free,
+	.release	= pids_release,
 	.legacy_cftypes	= pids_files,
 	.dfl_cftypes	= pids_files,
 	.threaded	= true,
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 3fb7be0019644e136a6c31e5bfd47884777ced02..c2b8443f30b4b096b3769e78169123bbdc8c3ab3 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ void release_task(struct task_struct *p)
 	}
 
 	write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
+	cgroup_release(p);
 	release_thread(p);
 	call_rcu(&p->rcu, delayed_put_task_struct);