diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index 97282d6b5d18..4b19f7fc4deb 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -6025,6 +6025,9 @@ struct cgroup *cgroup_get_from_id(u64 id)
 	if (!kn)
 		goto out;
 
+	if (kernfs_type(kn) != KERNFS_DIR)
+		goto put;
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
 	cgrp = rcu_dereference(*(void __rcu __force **)&kn->priv);
@@ -6032,7 +6035,7 @@ struct cgroup *cgroup_get_from_id(u64 id)
 		cgrp = NULL;
 
 	rcu_read_unlock();
-
+put:
 	kernfs_put(kn);
 out:
 	return cgrp;