diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 64b0e73402dfc412f721869735fe9c712d3d925a..8386b21224ef3e03ecc0ed850d949d6345888448 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -2135,14 +2135,17 @@ int cgroup_attach_proc(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *leader)
 		oldcgrp = task_cgroup_from_root(tsk, root);
 		if (cgrp == oldcgrp)
 			continue;
-		/* attach each task to each subsystem */
-		for_each_subsys(root, ss) {
-			if (ss->attach_task)
-				ss->attach_task(cgrp, tsk);
-		}
 		/* if the thread is PF_EXITING, it can just get skipped. */
 		retval = cgroup_task_migrate(cgrp, oldcgrp, tsk, true);
-		BUG_ON(retval != 0 && retval != -ESRCH);
+		if (retval == 0) {
+			/* attach each task to each subsystem */
+			for_each_subsys(root, ss) {
+				if (ss->attach_task)
+					ss->attach_task(cgrp, tsk);
+			}
+		} else {
+			BUG_ON(retval != -ESRCH);
+		}
 	}
 	/* nothing is sensitive to fork() after this point. */