diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index b69b572..ff7d642 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -5717,6 +5717,28 @@
 	return css ? css : ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 }
 
+/**
+ * css_from_id - lookup css by id
+ * @id: the cgroup id
+ * @ss: cgroup subsys to be looked into
+ *
+ * Returns the css if there's valid one with @id, otherwise returns NULL.
+ * Should be called under rcu_read_lock().
+ */
+struct cgroup_subsys_state *css_from_id(int id, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
+{
+	struct cgroup *cgrp;
+
+	rcu_lockdep_assert(rcu_read_lock_held() ||
+			   lockdep_is_held(&cgroup_mutex),
+			   "css_from_id() needs proper protection");
+
+	cgrp = idr_find(&ss->root->cgroup_idr, id);
+	if (cgrp)
+		return cgroup_css(cgrp, ss->subsys_id);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_DEBUG
 static struct cgroup_subsys_state *
 debug_css_alloc(struct cgroup_subsys_state *parent_css)