diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
index 37be09e09740..465b10111eaf 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ int cgroupstats_build(struct cgroupstats *stats, struct dentry *dentry)
 	 * @kn->priv is RCU safe.  Let's do the RCU dancing.
 	 */
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	cgrp = rcu_dereference(kn->priv);
+	cgrp = rcu_dereference(*(void __rcu __force **)&kn->priv);
 	if (!cgrp || cgroup_is_dead(cgrp)) {
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index b6b9068ef468..d9d82e96d67f 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -4932,7 +4932,7 @@ struct cgroup_subsys_state *css_tryget_online_from_dir(struct dentry *dentry,
 	 * have been or be removed at any point.  @kn->priv is RCU
 	 * protected for this access.  See css_release_work_fn() for details.
 	 */
-	cgrp = rcu_dereference(kn->priv);
+	cgrp = rcu_dereference(*(void __rcu __force **)&kn->priv);
 	if (cgrp)
 		css = cgroup_css(cgrp, ss);