list_del(&link->cgrp_link);
 
                /* @cgrp can't go away while we're holding css_set_lock */
-               if (atomic_dec_and_test(&cgrp->count) &&
-                   notify_on_release(cgrp)) {
+               if (list_empty(&cgrp->cset_links) && notify_on_release(cgrp)) {
                        if (taskexit)
                                set_bit(CGRP_RELEASABLE, &cgrp->flags);
                        check_for_release(cgrp);
        link = list_first_entry(tmp_links, struct cgrp_cset_link, cset_link);
        link->cset = cset;
        link->cgrp = cgrp;
-       atomic_inc(&cgrp->count);
        list_move(&link->cset_link, &cgrp->cset_links);
        /*
         * Always add links to the tail of the list so that the list
        lockdep_assert_held(&cgroup_mutex);
 
        /*
-        * css_set_lock prevents @cgrp from being removed while
-        * __put_css_set() is in progress.
+        * css_set_lock synchronizes access to ->cset_links and prevents
+        * @cgrp from being removed while __put_css_set() is in progress.
         */
        read_lock(&css_set_lock);
-       empty = !atomic_read(&cgrp->count) && list_empty(&cgrp->children);
+       empty = list_empty(&cgrp->cset_links) && list_empty(&cgrp->children);
        read_unlock(&css_set_lock);
        if (!empty)
                return -EBUSY;
 static void check_for_release(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 {
        if (cgroup_is_releasable(cgrp) &&
-           !atomic_read(&cgrp->count) && list_empty(&cgrp->children)) {
+           list_empty(&cgrp->cset_links) && list_empty(&cgrp->children)) {
                /*
                 * Control Group is currently removeable. If it's not
                 * already queued for a userspace notification, queue
        kfree(cont->subsys[debug_subsys_id]);
 }
 
-static u64 cgroup_refcount_read(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft)
-{
-       return atomic_read(&cont->count);
-}
-
 static u64 debug_taskcount_read(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft)
 {
        return cgroup_task_count(cont);
 }
 
 static struct cftype debug_files[] =  {
-       {
-               .name = "cgroup_refcount",
-               .read_u64 = cgroup_refcount_read,
-       },
        {
                .name = "taskcount",
                .read_u64 = debug_taskcount_read,