diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 944833e8056f..7455a83a6a99 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -1414,7 +1414,6 @@ static s64 update_se(struct rq *rq, struct sched_entity *se)
 
 	se->exec_start = now;
 	if (entity_is_task(se)) {
-		struct task_struct *donor = task_of(se);
 		struct task_struct *running = rq->curr;
 		/*
 		 * If se is a task, we account the time against the running
@@ -1427,8 +1426,7 @@ static s64 update_se(struct rq *rq, struct sched_entity *se)
 		account_group_exec_runtime(running, delta_exec);
 		account_mm_sched(rq, running, delta_exec);
 
-		/* cgroup time is always accounted against the donor */
-		cgroup_account_cputime(donor, delta_exec);
+		cgroup_account_cputime(running, delta_exec);
 	} else {
 		/* If not task, account the time against donor se  */
 		se->sum_exec_runtime += delta_exec;