diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index 83ba9c63b321..d47db8680c66 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -2163,7 +2163,6 @@ int cgroup_setup_root(struct cgroup_root *root, u16 ss_mask)
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&root_cgrp->self.children));
 	BUG_ON(atomic_read(&root->nr_cgrps) != 1);
 
-	kernfs_activate(root_cgrp->kn);
 	ret = 0;
 	goto out;