diff --git a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c b/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
index c287627..e7bebb7 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
@@ -153,13 +153,6 @@
 	kfree(cgroup_freezer(cgroup));
 }
 
-/* Task is frozen or will freeze immediately when next it gets woken */
-static bool is_task_frozen_enough(struct task_struct *task)
-{
-	return frozen(task) ||
-		(task_is_stopped_or_traced(task) && freezing(task));
-}
-
 /*
  * The call to cgroup_lock() in the freezer.state write method prevents
  * a write to that file racing against an attach, and hence the
@@ -236,31 +229,30 @@
 /*
  * caller must hold freezer->lock
  */
-static void update_freezer_state(struct cgroup *cgroup,
+static void update_if_frozen(struct cgroup *cgroup,
 				 struct freezer *freezer)
 {
 	struct cgroup_iter it;
 	struct task_struct *task;
 	unsigned int nfrozen = 0, ntotal = 0;
+	enum freezer_state old_state = freezer->state;
 
 	cgroup_iter_start(cgroup, &it);
 	while ((task = cgroup_iter_next(cgroup, &it))) {
 		ntotal++;
-		if (is_task_frozen_enough(task))
+		if (frozen(task))
 			nfrozen++;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Transition to FROZEN when no new tasks can be added ensures
-	 * that we never exist in the FROZEN state while there are unfrozen
-	 * tasks.
-	 */
-	if (nfrozen == ntotal)
-		freezer->state = CGROUP_FROZEN;
-	else if (nfrozen > 0)
-		freezer->state = CGROUP_FREEZING;
-	else
-		freezer->state = CGROUP_THAWED;
+	if (old_state == CGROUP_THAWED) {
+		BUG_ON(nfrozen > 0);
+	} else if (old_state == CGROUP_FREEZING) {
+		if (nfrozen == ntotal)
+			freezer->state = CGROUP_FROZEN;
+	} else { /* old_state == CGROUP_FROZEN */
+		BUG_ON(nfrozen != ntotal);
+	}
+
 	cgroup_iter_end(cgroup, &it);
 }
 
@@ -279,7 +271,7 @@
 	if (state == CGROUP_FREEZING) {
 		/* We change from FREEZING to FROZEN lazily if the cgroup was
 		 * only partially frozen when we exitted write. */
-		update_freezer_state(cgroup, freezer);
+		update_if_frozen(cgroup, freezer);
 		state = freezer->state;
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irq(&freezer->lock);
@@ -301,7 +293,7 @@
 	while ((task = cgroup_iter_next(cgroup, &it))) {
 		if (!freeze_task(task, true))
 			continue;
-		if (is_task_frozen_enough(task))
+		if (frozen(task))
 			continue;
 		if (!freezing(task) && !freezer_should_skip(task))
 			num_cant_freeze_now++;
@@ -335,7 +327,7 @@
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&freezer->lock);
 
-	update_freezer_state(cgroup, freezer);
+	update_if_frozen(cgroup, freezer);
 	if (goal_state == freezer->state)
 		goto out;