diff --git a/include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h b/include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h
index 6887636ea169..2809b44cbbee 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h
@@ -17,14 +17,18 @@ struct percpu_rw_semaphore {
 	int			readers_block;
 };
 
-#define DEFINE_STATIC_PERCPU_RWSEM(name)				\
+#define __DEFINE_PERCPU_RWSEM(name, is_static)				\
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, __percpu_rwsem_rc_##name);		\
-static struct percpu_rw_semaphore name = {				\
+is_static struct percpu_rw_semaphore name = {				\
 	.rss = __RCU_SYNC_INITIALIZER(name.rss),			\
 	.read_count = &__percpu_rwsem_rc_##name,			\
 	.rw_sem = __RWSEM_INITIALIZER(name.rw_sem),			\
 	.writer = __RCUWAIT_INITIALIZER(name.writer),			\
 }
+#define DEFINE_PERCPU_RWSEM(name)		\
+	__DEFINE_PERCPU_RWSEM(name, /* not static */)
+#define DEFINE_STATIC_PERCPU_RWSEM(name)	\
+	__DEFINE_PERCPU_RWSEM(name, static)
 
 extern int __percpu_down_read(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *, int);
 extern void __percpu_up_read(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *);
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index 217cec4e22c6..b112e93388dc 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(cgroup_idr_lock);
  */
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(cgroup_file_kn_lock);
 
-struct percpu_rw_semaphore cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem;
+DEFINE_PERCPU_RWSEM(cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem);
 
 #define cgroup_assert_mutex_or_rcu_locked()				\
 	RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!rcu_read_lock_held() &&			\
@@ -5616,7 +5616,6 @@ int __init cgroup_init(void)
 	int ssid;
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(CGROUP_SUBSYS_COUNT > 16);
-	BUG_ON(percpu_init_rwsem(&cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem));
 	BUG_ON(cgroup_init_cftypes(NULL, cgroup_base_files));
 	BUG_ON(cgroup_init_cftypes(NULL, cgroup1_base_files));