diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index e049edd667760..e7a9a29982450 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -5634,8 +5634,6 @@ int __init cgroup_init_early(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static u16 cgroup_disable_mask __initdata;
-
 /**
  * cgroup_init - cgroup initialization
  *
@@ -5694,12 +5692,8 @@ int __init cgroup_init(void)
 		 * disabled flag and cftype registration needs kmalloc,
 		 * both of which aren't available during early_init.
 		 */
-		if (cgroup_disable_mask & (1 << ssid)) {
-			static_branch_disable(cgroup_subsys_enabled_key[ssid]);
-			printk(KERN_INFO "Disabling %s control group subsystem\n",
-			       ss->name);
+		if (!cgroup_ssid_enabled(ssid))
 			continue;
-		}
 
 		if (cgroup1_ssid_disabled(ssid))
 			printk(KERN_INFO "Disabling %s control group subsystem in v1 mounts\n",
@@ -6214,7 +6208,10 @@ static int __init cgroup_disable(char *str)
 			if (strcmp(token, ss->name) &&
 			    strcmp(token, ss->legacy_name))
 				continue;
-			cgroup_disable_mask |= 1 << i;
+
+			static_branch_disable(cgroup_subsys_enabled_key[i]);
+			pr_info("Disabling %s control group subsystem\n",
+				ss->name);
 		}
 	}
 	return 1;