diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h
index 37518436cfe7..5a97ea95b564 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h
@@ -496,6 +496,13 @@ struct cgroup {
 	struct cgroup_rstat_cpu __percpu *rstat_cpu;
 	struct list_head rstat_css_list;
 
+	/*
+	 * Add padding to separate the read mostly rstat_cpu and
+	 * rstat_css_list into a different cacheline from the following
+	 * rstat_flush_next and *bstat fields which can have frequent updates.
+	 */
+	CACHELINE_PADDING(_pad_);
+
 	/*
 	 * A singly-linked list of cgroup structures to be rstat flushed.
 	 * This is a scratch field to be used exclusively by