* if the parent has to be frozen, the child has too.
         */
        cgrp->freezer.e_freeze = parent->freezer.e_freeze;
-       if (cgrp->freezer.e_freeze)
+       if (cgrp->freezer.e_freeze) {
+               /*
+                * Set the CGRP_FREEZE flag, so when a process will be
+                * attached to the child cgroup, it will become frozen.
+                * At this point the new cgroup is unpopulated, so we can
+                * consider it frozen immediately.
+                */
+               set_bit(CGRP_FREEZE, &cgrp->flags);
                set_bit(CGRP_FROZEN, &cgrp->flags);
+       }
 
        spin_lock_irq(&css_set_lock);
        for (tcgrp = cgrp; tcgrp; tcgrp = cgroup_parent(tcgrp)) {