diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index a8ce099544049e787464c3e4261ac70625cc0653..d83cab06da8722f7d91fad428a74799645964676 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -1623,6 +1623,8 @@ static struct file_system_type cgroup_fs_type = {
 	.kill_sb = cgroup_kill_sb,
 };
 
+static struct kobject *cgroup_kobj;
+
 static inline struct cgroup *__d_cgrp(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	return dentry->d_fsdata;
@@ -3894,9 +3896,18 @@ int __init cgroup_init(void)
 	hhead = css_set_hash(init_css_set.subsys);
 	hlist_add_head(&init_css_set.hlist, hhead);
 	BUG_ON(!init_root_id(&rootnode));
+
+	cgroup_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("cgroup", fs_kobj);
+	if (!cgroup_kobj) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	err = register_filesystem(&cgroup_fs_type);
-	if (err < 0)
+	if (err < 0) {
+		kobject_put(cgroup_kobj);
 		goto out;
+	}
 
 	proc_create("cgroups", 0, NULL, &proc_cgroupstats_operations);