diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index e4bb5d57f4d1..5f2090d051ac 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -6049,6 +6049,9 @@ 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);
@@ -6056,7 +6059,7 @@ struct cgroup *cgroup_get_from_id(u64 id)
 		cgrp = NULL;
 
 	rcu_read_unlock();
-
+put:
 	kernfs_put(kn);
 out:
 	return cgrp;