diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index 2a2a4857f66154..6400ec98785fc4 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -1565,7 +1565,7 @@ void cgroup_kn_unlock(struct kernfs_node *kn)
 
 printk("!!!!! cgroup_kn_unlock css %llx flags %x !!!\n", &cgrp->self, cgrp->self.refcnt);
 	//if (!percpu_ref_is_dying(&cgrp->self.refcnt))
-	if (!(cgrp->self.refcnt & CSS_RELEASED))
+	if (!(cgrp->self.flags & CSS_RELEASED))
 		cgroup_put(cgrp);
 }