diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index 259197d97de1..c4f87018fb79 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -2004,7 +2004,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(bioset_create_nobvec);
 int bio_associate_current(struct bio *bio)
 {
 	struct io_context *ioc;
-	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
 
 	if (bio->bi_ioc)
 		return -EBUSY;
@@ -2013,17 +2012,9 @@ int bio_associate_current(struct bio *bio)
 	if (!ioc)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
-	/* acquire active ref on @ioc and associate */
 	get_io_context_active(ioc);
 	bio->bi_ioc = ioc;
-
-	/* associate blkcg if exists */
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	css = task_css(current, blkio_cgrp_id);
-	if (css && css_tryget_online(css))
-		bio->bi_css = css;
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-
+	bio->bi_css = task_get_css(current, blkio_cgrp_id);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index b9cb94c3102a..e7da0aa65b2d 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -773,6 +773,31 @@ static inline struct cgroup_subsys_state *task_css(struct task_struct *task,
 	return task_css_check(task, subsys_id, false);
 }
 
+/**
+ * task_get_css - find and get the css for (task, subsys)
+ * @task: the target task
+ * @subsys_id: the target subsystem ID
+ *
+ * Find the css for the (@task, @subsys_id) combination, increment a
+ * reference on and return it.  This function is guaranteed to return a
+ * valid css.
+ */
+static inline struct cgroup_subsys_state *
+task_get_css(struct task_struct *task, int subsys_id)
+{
+	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	while (true) {
+		css = task_css(task, subsys_id);
+		if (likely(css_tryget_online(css)))
+			break;
+		cpu_relax();
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	return css;
+}
+
 /**
  * task_css_is_root - test whether a task belongs to the root css
  * @task: the target task