diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 6f0f1c5ff8cc..4a6974e67839 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -654,8 +654,8 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void)
 	page_writeback_init();
 	proc_root_init();
 	nsfs_init();
-	cgroup_init();
 	cpuset_init();
+	cgroup_init();
 	taskstats_init_early();
 	delayacct_init();