diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h
index 1598e1389615..b0a07c63fd46 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h
@@ -170,7 +170,10 @@ struct cgroup_subsys_state {
 	struct percpu_ref refcnt;
 
 	/* per-cpu recursive resource statistics */
-	struct cgroup_rstat_cpu __percpu *rstat_cpu;
+	union {
+		struct cgroup_rstat_cpu __percpu *rstat_cpu;
+		struct cgroup_rstat_base_cpu __percpu *rstat_base_cpu;
+	};
 
 	/*
 	 * siblings list anchored at the parent's ->children
@@ -356,6 +359,24 @@ struct cgroup_base_stat {
  * resource statistics on top of it - bsync, bstat and last_bstat.
  */
 struct cgroup_rstat_cpu {
+	/*
+	 * Child cgroups with stat updates on this cpu since the last read
+	 * are linked on the parent's ->updated_children through
+	 * ->updated_next.
+	 *
+	 * In addition to being more compact, singly-linked list pointing
+	 * to the cgroup makes it unnecessary for each per-cpu struct to
+	 * point back to the associated cgroup.
+	 *
+	 * Protected by per-cpu cgroup_rstat_cpu_lock.
+	 */
+	struct cgroup_subsys_state *updated_children;	/* terminated by self */
+	struct cgroup_subsys_state *updated_next;		/* NULL if not on list */
+};
+
+struct cgroup_rstat_base_cpu {
+	struct cgroup_rstat_cpu self;
+
 	/*
 	 * ->bsync protects ->bstat.  These are the only fields which get
 	 * updated in the hot path.
@@ -382,20 +403,6 @@ struct cgroup_rstat_cpu {
 	 * deltas to propagate to the per-cpu subtree_bstat.
 	 */
 	struct cgroup_base_stat last_subtree_bstat;
-
-	/*
-	 * Child cgroups with stat updates on this cpu since the last read
-	 * are linked on the parent's ->updated_children through
-	 * ->updated_next.
-	 *
-	 * In addition to being more compact, singly-linked list pointing
-	 * to the cgroup makes it unnecessary for each per-cpu struct to
-	 * point back to the associated cgroup.
-	 *
-	 * Protected by per-cpu cgroup_rstat_cpu_lock.
-	 */
-	struct cgroup_subsys_state *updated_children;	/* terminated by self */
-	struct cgroup_subsys_state *updated_next;		/* NULL if not on list */
 };
 
 struct cgroup_freezer_state {
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c b/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c
index b3eaefc1fd07..c08ebe2f9568 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ static struct cgroup_rstat_cpu *cgroup_rstat_cpu(
 	return per_cpu_ptr(css->rstat_cpu, cpu);
 }
 
+static struct cgroup_rstat_base_cpu *cgroup_rstat_base_cpu(
+		struct cgroup_subsys_state *css, int cpu)
+{
+	return per_cpu_ptr(css->rstat_base_cpu, cpu);
+}
+
 static inline bool is_base_css(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 {
 	return css->ss == NULL;
@@ -438,17 +444,31 @@ int cgroup_rstat_init(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 
 	/* the root cgrp's self css has rstat_cpu preallocated */
 	if (!css->rstat_cpu) {
-		css->rstat_cpu = alloc_percpu(struct cgroup_rstat_cpu);
-		if (!css->rstat_cpu)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-	}
+		if (is_base_css(css)) {
+			css->rstat_base_cpu = alloc_percpu(struct cgroup_rstat_base_cpu);
+			if (!css->rstat_base_cpu)
+				return -ENOMEM;
 
-	/* ->updated_children list is self terminated */
-	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
-		struct cgroup_rstat_cpu *rstatc = cgroup_rstat_cpu(css, cpu);
+			for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+				struct cgroup_rstat_base_cpu *rstatc;
+
+				rstatc = cgroup_rstat_base_cpu(css, cpu);
+				rstatc->self.updated_children = css;
+				u64_stats_init(&rstatc->bsync);
+			}
+		} else {
+			css->rstat_cpu = alloc_percpu(struct cgroup_rstat_cpu);
+			if (!css->rstat_cpu)
+				return -ENOMEM;
+
+			for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+				struct cgroup_rstat_cpu *rstatc;
+
+				rstatc = cgroup_rstat_cpu(css, cpu);
+				rstatc->updated_children = css;
+			}
+		}
 
-		rstatc->updated_children = css;
-		u64_stats_init(&rstatc->bsync);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -522,9 +542,10 @@ static void cgroup_base_stat_sub(struct cgroup_base_stat *dst_bstat,
 
 static void cgroup_base_stat_flush(struct cgroup *cgrp, int cpu)
 {
-	struct cgroup_rstat_cpu *rstatc = cgroup_rstat_cpu(&cgrp->self, cpu);
+	struct cgroup_rstat_base_cpu *rstatc = cgroup_rstat_base_cpu(
+			&cgrp->self, cpu);
 	struct cgroup *parent = cgroup_parent(cgrp);
-	struct cgroup_rstat_cpu *prstatc;
+	struct cgroup_rstat_base_cpu *prstatc;
 	struct cgroup_base_stat delta;
 	unsigned seq;
 
@@ -552,25 +573,25 @@ static void cgroup_base_stat_flush(struct cgroup *cgrp, int cpu)
 		cgroup_base_stat_add(&cgrp->last_bstat, &delta);
 
 		delta = rstatc->subtree_bstat;
-		prstatc = cgroup_rstat_cpu(&parent->self, cpu);
+		prstatc = cgroup_rstat_base_cpu(&parent->self, cpu);
 		cgroup_base_stat_sub(&delta, &rstatc->last_subtree_bstat);
 		cgroup_base_stat_add(&prstatc->subtree_bstat, &delta);
 		cgroup_base_stat_add(&rstatc->last_subtree_bstat, &delta);
 	}
 }
 
-static struct cgroup_rstat_cpu *
+static struct cgroup_rstat_base_cpu *
 cgroup_base_stat_cputime_account_begin(struct cgroup *cgrp, unsigned long *flags)
 {
-	struct cgroup_rstat_cpu *rstatc;
+	struct cgroup_rstat_base_cpu *rstatc;
 
-	rstatc = get_cpu_ptr(cgrp->self.rstat_cpu);
+	rstatc = get_cpu_ptr(cgrp->self.rstat_base_cpu);
 	*flags = u64_stats_update_begin_irqsave(&rstatc->bsync);
 	return rstatc;
 }
 
 static void cgroup_base_stat_cputime_account_end(struct cgroup *cgrp,
-						 struct cgroup_rstat_cpu *rstatc,
+						 struct cgroup_rstat_base_cpu *rstatc,
 						 unsigned long flags)
 {
 	u64_stats_update_end_irqrestore(&rstatc->bsync, flags);
@@ -580,7 +601,7 @@ static void cgroup_base_stat_cputime_account_end(struct cgroup *cgrp,
 
 void __cgroup_account_cputime(struct cgroup *cgrp, u64 delta_exec)
 {
-	struct cgroup_rstat_cpu *rstatc;
+	struct cgroup_rstat_base_cpu *rstatc;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	rstatc = cgroup_base_stat_cputime_account_begin(cgrp, &flags);
@@ -591,7 +612,7 @@ void __cgroup_account_cputime(struct cgroup *cgrp, u64 delta_exec)
 void __cgroup_account_cputime_field(struct cgroup *cgrp,
 				    enum cpu_usage_stat index, u64 delta_exec)
 {
-	struct cgroup_rstat_cpu *rstatc;
+	struct cgroup_rstat_base_cpu *rstatc;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	rstatc = cgroup_base_stat_cputime_account_begin(cgrp, &flags);
