diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index 3f52717c1965..8b220e9df91e 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -152,6 +152,12 @@ static cpumask_var_t	isolated_cpus;		/* CSCB */
  */
 static bool		update_housekeeping;	/* RWCS */
 
+/*
+ * Set if "cpuset_v2_mode" mount option is used
+ * Cached at bind time and not lock protected; accessed via {READ,WRITE}_ONCE
+ */
+static bool		cpuset_v2_mode;
+
 /*
  * Copy of isolated_cpus to be passed to housekeeping_update()
  */
@@ -439,8 +445,7 @@ static inline bool cpuset_v2(void)
  */
 static inline bool is_in_v2_mode(void)
 {
-	return cpuset_v2() ||
-	      (cpuset_cgrp_subsys.root->flags & CGRP_ROOT_CPUSET_V2_MODE);
+	return cpuset_v2() || READ_ONCE(cpuset_v2_mode);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -513,10 +518,26 @@ static void guarantee_active_cpus(struct task_struct *tsk,
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	cs = task_cs(tsk);
 
-	while (!cpumask_intersects(cs->effective_cpus, pmask))
+	while (!cpumask_intersects(cs->effective_cpus, pmask)) {
 		cs = parent_cs(cs);
-
+		if (unlikely(!cs)) {
+			/*
+			 * The top cpuset doesn't have any active cpu as a
+			 * consequence of a race between its caller and the cpu
+			 * hotplug operation where cpu_active_mask is updated
+			 * asynchronously before cpuset_handle_hotplug() is
+			 * being called to adjust the effective_cpus of the
+			 * affected cpusets. But we know the top cpuset's
+			 * effective_cpus is on its way to be identical to
+			 * cpu_active_mask minus the exclusive CPUs dedicated
+			 * to other valid cpuset partitions. Just pass back
+			 * the filtered cpu_active_mask in this case.
+			 */
+			goto out_unlock;
+		}
+	}
 	cpumask_and(pmask, pmask, cs->effective_cpus);
+out_unlock:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
@@ -3732,6 +3753,8 @@ static void cpuset_bind(struct cgroup_subsys_state *root_css)
 	mutex_lock(&cpuset_mutex);
 	spin_lock_irq(&callback_lock);
 
+	WRITE_ONCE(cpuset_v2_mode,
+		   !!(cpuset_cgrp_subsys.root->flags & CGRP_ROOT_CPUSET_V2_MODE));
 	if (is_in_v2_mode()) {
 		cpumask_copy(top_cpuset.cpus_allowed, cpu_possible_mask);
 		cpumask_copy(top_cpuset.effective_xcpus, cpu_possible_mask);
@@ -4044,15 +4067,16 @@ static void cpuset_handle_hotplug(void)
 	static cpumask_t new_cpus;
 	static nodemask_t new_mems;
 	bool cpus_updated, mems_updated;
-	bool on_dfl = is_in_v2_mode();
+	bool on_dfl;
 	struct tmpmasks tmp, *ptmp = NULL;
 
-	if (on_dfl && !alloc_tmpmasks(&tmp))
-		ptmp = &tmp;
-
 	lockdep_assert_cpus_held();
 	mutex_lock(&cpuset_mutex);
 
+	on_dfl = is_in_v2_mode();
+	if (on_dfl && !alloc_tmpmasks(&tmp))
+		ptmp = &tmp;
+
 	/* fetch the available cpus/mems and find out which changed how */
 	cpumask_copy(&new_cpus, cpu_active_mask);
 	new_mems = node_states[N_MEMORY];