@@ -1218,7 +1218,6 @@ static int parse_cgroupfs_options(char *data, struct cgroup_sb_opts *opts)
 	    (opts->subsys_bits & mask))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-
 	/* Can't specify "none" and some subsystems */
 	if (opts->subsys_bits && opts->none)
 		return -EINVAL;

@@ -1231,6 +1230,13 @@ static int parse_cgroupfs_options(char *data, struct cgroup_sb_opts *opts)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/*
+	 * This can happen only when none of the subsystems is enabled
+	 * in the system.
+	 */
+	if (!opts->subsys_bits && !opts->none)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/*
 	 * Grab references on all the modules we'll need, so the subsystems
 	 * don't dance around before rebind_subsystems attaches them. This may
 	 * take duplicate reference counts on a subsystem that's already used,

@@ -1401,9 +1407,6 @@ static struct cgroupfs_root *cgroup_root_from_opts(struct cgroup_sb_opts *opts)
 {
 	struct cgroupfs_root *root;
 
-	if (!opts->subsys_bits && !opts->none)
-		return NULL;
-
 	root = kzalloc(sizeof(*root), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!root)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);

@@ -1442,10 +1445,6 @@ static int cgroup_set_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data)
 	int ret;
 	struct cgroup_sb_opts *opts = data;
 
-	/* If we don't have a new root, we can't set up a new sb */
-	if (!opts->new_root)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	BUG_ON(!opts->subsys_bits && !opts->none);
 
 	ret = set_anon_super(sb, NULL);