diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index 919194de39c83..f522cee8e6506 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -5711,7 +5711,7 @@ static void __init cgroup_init_subsys(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, bool early)
 
 	/* Create the root cgroup state for this subsystem */
 	ss->root = &cgrp_dfl_root;
-	css = ss->css_alloc(cgroup_css(&cgrp_dfl_root.cgrp, ss));
+	css = ss->css_alloc(NULL);
 	/* We don't handle early failures gracefully */
 	BUG_ON(IS_ERR(css));
 	init_and_link_css(css, ss, &cgrp_dfl_root.cgrp);