diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index 3466ebbf1016..aebda14cc67f 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -459,23 +459,14 @@ static inline int alloc_cpumasks(struct cpuset *cs, struct tmpmasks *tmp)
 }
 
 /**
- * free_cpumasks - free cpumasks in a tmpmasks structure
- * @cs:  the cpuset that have cpumasks to be free.
+ * free_tmpmasks - free cpumasks in a tmpmasks structure
  * @tmp: the tmpmasks structure pointer
  */
-static inline void free_cpumasks(struct cpuset *cs, struct tmpmasks *tmp)
+static inline void free_tmpmasks(struct tmpmasks *tmp)
 {
-	if (cs) {
-		free_cpumask_var(cs->cpus_allowed);
-		free_cpumask_var(cs->effective_cpus);
-		free_cpumask_var(cs->effective_xcpus);
-		free_cpumask_var(cs->exclusive_cpus);
-	}
-	if (tmp) {
-		free_cpumask_var(tmp->new_cpus);
-		free_cpumask_var(tmp->addmask);
-		free_cpumask_var(tmp->delmask);
-	}
+	free_cpumask_var(tmp->new_cpus);
+	free_cpumask_var(tmp->addmask);
+	free_cpumask_var(tmp->delmask);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -508,7 +499,10 @@ static struct cpuset *alloc_trial_cpuset(struct cpuset *cs)
  */
 static inline void free_cpuset(struct cpuset *cs)
 {
-	free_cpumasks(cs, NULL);
+	free_cpumask_var(cs->cpus_allowed);
+	free_cpumask_var(cs->effective_cpus);
+	free_cpumask_var(cs->effective_xcpus);
+	free_cpumask_var(cs->exclusive_cpus);
 	kfree(cs);
 }
 
@@ -2427,7 +2421,7 @@ static int update_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs, struct cpuset *trialcs,
 	if (cs->partition_root_state)
 		update_partition_sd_lb(cs, old_prs);
 out_free:
-	free_cpumasks(NULL, &tmp);
+	free_tmpmasks(&tmp);
 	return retval;
 }
 
@@ -2530,7 +2524,7 @@ static int update_exclusive_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs, struct cpuset *trialcs,
 	if (cs->partition_root_state)
 		update_partition_sd_lb(cs, old_prs);
 
-	free_cpumasks(NULL, &tmp);
+	free_tmpmasks(&tmp);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2983,7 +2977,7 @@ static int update_prstate(struct cpuset *cs, int new_prs)
 	notify_partition_change(cs, old_prs);
 	if (force_sd_rebuild)
 		rebuild_sched_domains_locked();
-	free_cpumasks(NULL, &tmpmask);
+	free_tmpmasks(&tmpmask);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -4006,7 +4000,7 @@ static void cpuset_handle_hotplug(void)
 	if (force_sd_rebuild)
 		rebuild_sched_domains_cpuslocked();
 
-	free_cpumasks(NULL, ptmp);
+	free_tmpmasks(ptmp);
 }
 
 void cpuset_update_active_cpus(void)