diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index b6a9528374a8..b63a80e03fae 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -858,6 +858,9 @@ struct cgroup_namespace *copy_cgroup_ns(unsigned long flags,
 int cgroup_path_ns(struct cgroup *cgrp, char *buf, size_t buflen,
 		   struct cgroup_namespace *ns);
 
+struct cgroup *cgroup_parent_ns(struct cgroup *cgrp,
+				struct cgroup_namespace *ns);
+
 #else /* !CONFIG_CGROUPS */
 
 static inline void free_cgroup_ns(struct cgroup_namespace *ns) { }
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/cgroup_iter.c b/kernel/bpf/cgroup_iter.c
index c69bce2f4403..06ee4a0c5870 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/cgroup_iter.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/cgroup_iter.c
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ static void *cgroup_iter_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
 {
 	struct cgroup_subsys_state *curr = (struct cgroup_subsys_state *)v;
 	struct cgroup_iter_priv *p = seq->private;
+	struct cgroup *parent;
 
 	++*pos;
 	if (p->terminate)
@@ -113,9 +114,11 @@ static void *cgroup_iter_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
 		return css_next_descendant_pre(curr, p->start_css);
 	else if (p->order == BPF_CGROUP_ITER_DESCENDANTS_POST)
 		return css_next_descendant_post(curr, p->start_css);
-	else if (p->order == BPF_CGROUP_ITER_ANCESTORS_UP)
-		return curr->parent;
-	else  /* BPF_CGROUP_ITER_SELF_ONLY */
+	else if (p->order == BPF_CGROUP_ITER_ANCESTORS_UP) {
+		parent = cgroup_parent_ns(curr->cgroup,
+					  current->nsproxy->cgroup_ns);
+		return parent ? &parent->self : NULL;
+	} else  /* BPF_CGROUP_ITER_SELF_ONLY */
 		return NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index c0377726031f..d60b5dfbbbc9 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -1417,11 +1417,11 @@ static inline struct cgroup *__cset_cgroup_from_root(struct css_set *cset,
 }
 
 /*
- * look up cgroup associated with current task's cgroup namespace on the
+ * look up cgroup associated with given cgroup namespace on the
  * specified hierarchy
  */
-static struct cgroup *
-current_cgns_cgroup_from_root(struct cgroup_root *root)
+static struct cgroup *cgns_cgroup_from_root(struct cgroup_root *root,
+					    struct cgroup_namespace *ns)
 {
 	struct cgroup *res = NULL;
 	struct css_set *cset;
@@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@ current_cgns_cgroup_from_root(struct cgroup_root *root)
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
-	cset = current->nsproxy->cgroup_ns->root_cset;
+	cset = ns->root_cset;
 	res = __cset_cgroup_from_root(cset, root);
 
 	rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -1852,15 +1852,15 @@ int cgroup_show_path(struct seq_file *sf, struct kernfs_node *kf_node,
 	int len = 0;
 	char *buf = NULL;
 	struct cgroup_root *kf_cgroot = cgroup_root_from_kf(kf_root);
-	struct cgroup *ns_cgroup;
+	struct cgroup *root_cgroup;
 
 	buf = kmalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&css_set_lock);
-	ns_cgroup = current_cgns_cgroup_from_root(kf_cgroot);
-	len = kernfs_path_from_node(kf_node, ns_cgroup->kn, buf, PATH_MAX);
+	root_cgroup = cgns_cgroup_from_root(kf_cgroot, current->nsproxy->cgroup_ns);
+	len = kernfs_path_from_node(kf_node, root_cgroup->kn, buf, PATH_MAX);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&css_set_lock);
 
 	if (len >= PATH_MAX)
@@ -2330,6 +2330,18 @@ int cgroup_path_ns(struct cgroup *cgrp, char *buf, size_t buflen,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cgroup_path_ns);
 
+struct cgroup *cgroup_parent_ns(struct cgroup *cgrp,
+				   struct cgroup_namespace *ns)
+{
+	struct cgroup *root_cgrp;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&css_set_lock);
+	root_cgrp = cgns_cgroup_from_root(cgrp->root, ns);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&css_set_lock);
+
+	return cgrp == root_cgrp ? NULL : cgroup_parent(cgrp);
+}
+
 /**
  * task_cgroup_path - cgroup path of a task in the first cgroup hierarchy
  * @task: target task
@@ -6031,7 +6043,8 @@ struct cgroup *cgroup_get_from_id(u64 id)
 		goto out;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&css_set_lock);
-	root_cgrp = current_cgns_cgroup_from_root(&cgrp_dfl_root);
+	root_cgrp = cgns_cgroup_from_root(&cgrp_dfl_root,
+					  current->nsproxy->cgroup_ns);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&css_set_lock);
 	if (!cgroup_is_descendant(cgrp, root_cgrp)) {
 		cgroup_put(cgrp);
@@ -6612,7 +6625,8 @@ struct cgroup *cgroup_get_from_path(const char *path)
 	struct cgroup *root_cgrp;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&css_set_lock);
-	root_cgrp = current_cgns_cgroup_from_root(&cgrp_dfl_root);
+	root_cgrp = cgns_cgroup_from_root(&cgrp_dfl_root,
+					  current->nsproxy->cgroup_ns);
 	kn = kernfs_walk_and_get(root_cgrp->kn, path);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&css_set_lock);
 	if (!kn)
