diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index ed751199934c..6da0771c5559 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -711,6 +711,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_css);
 			;						\
 		else
 
+static struct kmem_cache *cgrp_cset_link_pool;
+
 /*
  * The default css_set - used by init and its children prior to any
  * hierarchies being mounted. It contains a pointer to the root state
@@ -940,7 +942,7 @@ void put_css_set_locked(struct css_set *cset)
 		list_del(&link->cgrp_link);
 		if (cgroup_parent(link->cgrp))
 			cgroup_put(link->cgrp);
-		kfree(link);
+		kmem_cache_free(cgrp_cset_link_pool, link);
 	}
 
 	if (css_set_threaded(cset)) {
@@ -1090,7 +1092,7 @@ static void free_cgrp_cset_links(struct list_head *links_to_free)
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(link, tmp_link, links_to_free, cset_link) {
 		list_del(&link->cset_link);
-		kfree(link);
+		kmem_cache_free(cgrp_cset_link_pool, link);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1110,7 +1112,7 @@ static int allocate_cgrp_cset_links(int count, struct list_head *tmp_links)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(tmp_links);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-		link = kzalloc(sizeof(*link), GFP_KERNEL);
+		link = kmem_cache_zalloc(cgrp_cset_link_pool, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!link) {
 			free_cgrp_cset_links(tmp_links);
 			return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1323,7 +1325,7 @@ static void cgroup_destroy_root(struct cgroup_root *root)
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(link, tmp_link, &cgrp->cset_links, cset_link) {
 		list_del(&link->cset_link);
 		list_del(&link->cgrp_link);
-		kfree(link);
+		kmem_cache_free(cgrp_cset_link_pool, link);
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock_irq(&css_set_lock);
@@ -5697,6 +5699,8 @@ int __init cgroup_init(void)
 	struct cgroup_subsys *ss;
 	int ssid;
 
+	cgrp_cset_link_pool = KMEM_CACHE(cgrp_cset_link, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN | SLAB_PANIC);
+
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(CGROUP_SUBSYS_COUNT > 16);
 	BUG_ON(percpu_init_rwsem(&cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem));
 	BUG_ON(cgroup_init_cftypes(NULL, cgroup_base_files));