diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index cda7eb2239e1b309088b2189c7eec691ce167e83..c371888298d581c35faff2124eb8f7a3719ec72e 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -422,9 +422,6 @@ struct cftype {
 	/* CFTYPE_* flags */
 	unsigned int flags;
 
-	/* file xattrs */
-	struct simple_xattrs xattrs;
-
 	int (*open)(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 	ssize_t (*read)(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft,
 			struct file *file,
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index c16719e056aba60b2a915b7ce6072fa733cf39b5..192d762ec1f4d54488f75ba5f12748d8e80c4726 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ struct cfent {
 	struct list_head		node;
 	struct dentry			*dentry;
 	struct cftype			*type;
+
+	/* file xattrs */
+	struct simple_xattrs		xattrs;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -882,13 +885,12 @@ static void cgroup_diput(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 	} else {
 		struct cfent *cfe = __d_cfe(dentry);
 		struct cgroup *cgrp = dentry->d_parent->d_fsdata;
-		struct cftype *cft = cfe->type;
 
 		WARN_ONCE(!list_empty(&cfe->node) &&
 			  cgrp != &cgrp->root->top_cgroup,
 			  "cfe still linked for %s\n", cfe->type->name);
+		simple_xattrs_free(&cfe->xattrs);
 		kfree(cfe);
-		simple_xattrs_free(&cft->xattrs);
 	}
 	iput(inode);
 }
@@ -2501,7 +2503,7 @@ static struct simple_xattrs *__d_xattrs(struct dentry *dentry)
 	if (S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
 		return &__d_cgrp(dentry)->xattrs;
 	else
-		return &__d_cft(dentry)->xattrs;
+		return &__d_cfe(dentry)->xattrs;
 }
 
 static inline int xattr_enabled(struct dentry *dentry)
@@ -2677,8 +2679,6 @@ static int cgroup_add_file(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *subsys,
 	umode_t mode;
 	char name[MAX_CGROUP_TYPE_NAMELEN + MAX_CFTYPE_NAME + 2] = { 0 };
 
-	simple_xattrs_init(&cft->xattrs);
-
 	if (subsys && !(cgrp->root->flags & CGRP_ROOT_NOPREFIX)) {
 		strcpy(name, subsys->name);
 		strcat(name, ".");
@@ -2703,6 +2703,7 @@ static int cgroup_add_file(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *subsys,
 		cfe->type = (void *)cft;
 		cfe->dentry = dentry;
 		dentry->d_fsdata = cfe;
+		simple_xattrs_init(&cfe->xattrs);
 		list_add_tail(&cfe->node, &parent->files);
 		cfe = NULL;
 	}