diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index df2e0f14a95d..f64fc967a9ef 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -4100,9 +4100,6 @@ static void offline_css(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 	if (!(css->flags & CSS_ONLINE))
 		return;
 
-	if (ss->css_reset)
-		ss->css_reset(css);
-
 	if (ss->css_offline)
 		ss->css_offline(css);