diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/cgroup_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/cgroup_util.h
index 628738532ac9..973774fa7bee 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/cgroup_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/cgroup_util.h
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 
 #define MB(x) (x << 20)
 
+#define USEC_PER_SEC	1000000L
+#define NSEC_PER_SEC	1000000000L
+
 /*
  * Checks if two given values differ by less than err% of their sum.
  */
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpu.c b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpu.c
index a724bff00d07..3bd61964a262 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpu.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpu.c
@@ -2,11 +2,19 @@
 
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <linux/limits.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 #include "../kselftest.h"
 #include "cgroup_util.h"
 
+struct cpu_hog_func_param {
+	int nprocs;
+	struct timespec ts;
+};
+
 /*
  * This test creates two nested cgroups with and without enabling
  * the cpu controller.
@@ -70,12 +78,132 @@ cleanup:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void *hog_cpu_thread_func(void *arg)
+{
+	while (1)
+		;
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static struct timespec
+timespec_sub(const struct timespec *lhs, const struct timespec *rhs)
+{
+	struct timespec zero = {
+		.tv_sec = 0,
+		.tv_nsec = 0,
+	};
+	struct timespec ret;
+
+	if (lhs->tv_sec < rhs->tv_sec)
+		return zero;
+
+	ret.tv_sec = lhs->tv_sec - rhs->tv_sec;
+
+	if (lhs->tv_nsec < rhs->tv_nsec) {
+		if (ret.tv_sec == 0)
+			return zero;
+
+		ret.tv_sec--;
+		ret.tv_nsec = NSEC_PER_SEC - rhs->tv_nsec + lhs->tv_nsec;
+	} else
+		ret.tv_nsec = lhs->tv_nsec - rhs->tv_nsec;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int hog_cpus_timed(const char *cgroup, void *arg)
+{
+	const struct cpu_hog_func_param *param =
+		(struct cpu_hog_func_param *)arg;
+	struct timespec ts_run = param->ts;
+	struct timespec ts_remaining = ts_run;
+	int i, ret;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < param->nprocs; i++) {
+		pthread_t tid;
+
+		ret = pthread_create(&tid, NULL, &hog_cpu_thread_func, NULL);
+		if (ret != 0)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
+	while (ts_remaining.tv_sec > 0 || ts_remaining.tv_nsec > 0) {
+		struct timespec ts_total;
+
+		ret = nanosleep(&ts_remaining, NULL);
+		if (ret && errno != EINTR)
+			return ret;
+
+		ret = clock_gettime(CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID, &ts_total);
+		if (ret != 0)
+			return ret;
+
+		ts_remaining = timespec_sub(&ts_run, &ts_total);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Creates a cpu cgroup, burns a CPU for a few quanta, and verifies that
+ * cpu.stat shows the expected output.
+ */
+static int test_cpucg_stats(const char *root)
+{
+	int ret = KSFT_FAIL;
+	long usage_usec, user_usec, system_usec;
+	long usage_seconds = 2;
+	long expected_usage_usec = usage_seconds * USEC_PER_SEC;
+	char *cpucg;
+
+	cpucg = cg_name(root, "cpucg_test");
+	if (!cpucg)
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	if (cg_create(cpucg))
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	usage_usec = cg_read_key_long(cpucg, "cpu.stat", "usage_usec");
+	user_usec = cg_read_key_long(cpucg, "cpu.stat", "user_usec");
+	system_usec = cg_read_key_long(cpucg, "cpu.stat", "system_usec");
+	if (usage_usec != 0 || user_usec != 0 || system_usec != 0)
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	struct cpu_hog_func_param param = {
+		.nprocs = 1,
+		.ts = {
+			.tv_sec = usage_seconds,
+			.tv_nsec = 0,
+		},
+	};
+	if (cg_run(cpucg, hog_cpus_timed, (void *)&param))
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	usage_usec = cg_read_key_long(cpucg, "cpu.stat", "usage_usec");
+	user_usec = cg_read_key_long(cpucg, "cpu.stat", "user_usec");
+	if (user_usec <= 0)
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	if (!values_close(usage_usec, expected_usage_usec, 1))
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	ret = KSFT_PASS;
+
+cleanup:
+	cg_destroy(cpucg);
+	free(cpucg);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 #define T(x) { x, #x }
 struct cpucg_test {
 	int (*fn)(const char *root);
 	const char *name;
 } tests[] = {
 	T(test_cpucg_subtree_control),
+	T(test_cpucg_stats),
 };
 #undef T