diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_kill.c b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_kill.c
index 99cafd9dc013..bac1ddd8cb94 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_kill.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_kill.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "kselftest.h"
@@ -261,6 +262,59 @@ static int test_cgkill_forkbomb(const char *root)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Test that a cgroup that was killed in the past can still be the target
+ * of clone3(CLONE_INTO_CGROUP): writing cgroup.kill must only kill the
+ * tasks in the cgroup at the time of the write, not tasks cloned into
+ * it afterwards.
+ */
+static int test_cgkill_clone_into_killed(const char *root)
+{
+	pid_t pid;
+	int cgroup_fd = -EBADF;
+	int ret = KSFT_FAIL;
+	char *cgroup = NULL;
+
+	cgroup = cg_name(root, "cg_test_clone_into_killed");
+	if (!cgroup)
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	if (cg_create(cgroup))
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	/* Kill the cgroup while it is still empty. */
+	if (cg_write(cgroup, "cgroup.kill", "1"))
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	cgroup_fd = dirfd_open_opath(cgroup);
+	if (cgroup_fd < 0)
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	pid = clone_into_cgroup(cgroup_fd);
+	if (pid < 0) {
+		if (errno == ENOSYS)
+			ret = KSFT_SKIP;
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	if (pid == 0)
+		exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+
+	/* The child must not be SIGKILLed; it has to exit cleanly. */
+	if (clone_reap(pid, WEXITED) != EXIT_SUCCESS)
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	ret = KSFT_PASS;
+
+cleanup:
+	if (cgroup_fd >= 0)
+		close(cgroup_fd);
+	if (cgroup)
+		cg_destroy(cgroup);
+	free(cgroup);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 #define T(x) { x, #x }
 struct cgkill_test {
 	int (*fn)(const char *root);
@@ -269,6 +323,7 @@ struct cgkill_test {
 	T(test_cgkill_simple),
 	T(test_cgkill_tree),
 	T(test_cgkill_forkbomb),
+	T(test_cgkill_clone_into_killed),
 };
 #undef T