diff --git a/include/linux/freezer.h b/include/linux/freezer.h
index 93f411a5287..b2b4abc5a73 100644
--- a/include/linux/freezer.h
+++ b/include/linux/freezer.h
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ static inline bool try_to_freeze(void)
 extern bool freeze_task(struct task_struct *p, bool sig_only);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER
-extern int cgroup_freezing_or_frozen(struct task_struct *task);
+extern bool cgroup_freezing(struct task_struct *task);
 #else /* !CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER */
-static inline int cgroup_freezing_or_frozen(struct task_struct *task)
+static inline bool cgroup_freezing(struct task_struct *task)
 {
-	return 0;
+	return false;
 }
 #endif /* !CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER */
 
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c b/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
index cd27b082556..e6a1b8d1b8b 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
@@ -48,19 +48,17 @@ static inline struct freezer *task_freezer(struct task_struct *task)
 			    struct freezer, css);
 }
 
-static inline int __cgroup_freezing_or_frozen(struct task_struct *task)
+bool cgroup_freezing(struct task_struct *task)
 {
-	enum freezer_state state = task_freezer(task)->state;
-	return (state == CGROUP_FREEZING) || (state == CGROUP_FROZEN);
-}
+	enum freezer_state state;
+	bool ret;
 
-int cgroup_freezing_or_frozen(struct task_struct *task)
-{
-	int result;
-	task_lock(task);
-	result = __cgroup_freezing_or_frozen(task);
-	task_unlock(task);
-	return result;
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	state = task_freezer(task)->state;
+	ret = state == CGROUP_FREEZING || state == CGROUP_FROZEN;
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -102,9 +100,6 @@ struct cgroup_subsys freezer_subsys;
  * freezer_can_attach():
  * cgroup_mutex (held by caller of can_attach)
  *
- * cgroup_freezing_or_frozen():
- * task->alloc_lock (to get task's cgroup)
- *
  * freezer_fork() (preserving fork() performance means can't take cgroup_mutex):
  * freezer->lock
  *  sighand->siglock (if the cgroup is freezing)
@@ -177,13 +172,7 @@ static int freezer_can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
 
 static int freezer_can_attach_task(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	if (__cgroup_freezing_or_frozen(tsk)) {
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-		return -EBUSY;
-	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-	return 0;
+	return cgroup_freezing(tsk) ? -EBUSY : 0;
 }
 
 static void freezer_fork(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct task_struct *task)
@@ -279,7 +268,6 @@ static int try_to_freeze_cgroup(struct cgroup *cgroup, struct freezer *freezer)
 	struct task_struct *task;
 	unsigned int num_cant_freeze_now = 0;
 
-	freezer->state = CGROUP_FREEZING;
 	cgroup_iter_start(cgroup, &it);
 	while ((task = cgroup_iter_next(cgroup, &it))) {
 		if (!freeze_task(task, true))
@@ -303,8 +291,6 @@ static void unfreeze_cgroup(struct cgroup *cgroup, struct freezer *freezer)
 	while ((task = cgroup_iter_next(cgroup, &it)))
 		__thaw_task(task);
 	cgroup_iter_end(cgroup, &it);
-
-	freezer->state = CGROUP_THAWED;
 }
 
 static int freezer_change_state(struct cgroup *cgroup,
@@ -318,20 +304,20 @@ static int freezer_change_state(struct cgroup *cgroup,
 	spin_lock_irq(&freezer->lock);
 
 	update_if_frozen(cgroup, freezer);
-	if (goal_state == freezer->state)
-		goto out;
 
 	switch (goal_state) {
 	case CGROUP_THAWED:
+		freezer->state = CGROUP_THAWED;
 		unfreeze_cgroup(cgroup, freezer);
 		break;
 	case CGROUP_FROZEN:
+		freezer->state = CGROUP_FREEZING;
 		retval = try_to_freeze_cgroup(cgroup, freezer);
 		break;
 	default:
 		BUG();
 	}
-out:
+
 	spin_unlock_irq(&freezer->lock);
 
 	return retval;
diff --git a/kernel/power/process.c b/kernel/power/process.c
index ce643838a00..9f6f5c755cf 100644
--- a/kernel/power/process.c
+++ b/kernel/power/process.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ void thaw_processes(void)
 
 	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
 	do_each_thread(g, p) {
-		if (cgroup_freezing_or_frozen(p))
+		if (cgroup_freezing(p))
 			continue;
 
 		__thaw_task(p);