diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 896e035..ef43e3f 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -4040,10 +4040,10 @@
  * Input must be in format '<event_fd> <control_fd> <args>'.
  * Interpretation of args is defined by control file implementation.
  */
-static int cgroup_write_event_control(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
+static int cgroup_write_event_control(struct cgroup_subsys_state *dummy_css,
 				      struct cftype *cft, const char *buffer)
 {
-	struct cgroup *cgrp = css->cgroup;
+	struct cgroup *cgrp = dummy_css->cgroup;
 	struct cgroup_event *event;
 	struct cgroup *cgrp_cfile;
 	unsigned int efd, cfd;
@@ -4065,7 +4065,7 @@
 	event = kzalloc(sizeof(*event), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!event)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	event->css = css;
+
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&event->list);
 	init_poll_funcptr(&event->pt, cgroup_event_ptable_queue_proc);
 	init_waitqueue_func_entry(&event->wait, cgroup_event_wake);
@@ -4101,6 +4101,23 @@
 		goto out_put_cfile;
 	}
 
+	if (!event->cft->ss) {
+		ret = -EBADF;
+		goto out_put_cfile;
+	}
+
+	/* determine the css of @cfile and associate @event with it */
+	rcu_read_lock();
+
+	ret = -EINVAL;
+	event->css = cgroup_css(cgrp, event->cft->ss->subsys_id);
+	if (event->css)
+		ret = 0;
+
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_put_cfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * The file to be monitored must be in the same cgroup as
 	 * cgroup.event_control is.
@@ -4116,7 +4133,7 @@
 		goto out_put_cfile;
 	}
 
-	ret = event->cft->register_event(css, event->cft,
+	ret = event->cft->register_event(event->css, event->cft,
 			event->eventfd, buffer);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_put_cfile;