diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index 57b5b5d0a5fd..53c70c470a38 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -983,25 +983,48 @@ partition_and_rebuild_sched_domains(int ndoms_new, cpumask_var_t doms_new[],
  */
 static void rebuild_sched_domains_locked(void)
 {
+	struct cgroup_subsys_state *pos_css;
 	struct sched_domain_attr *attr;
 	cpumask_var_t *doms;
+	struct cpuset *cs;
 	int ndoms;
 
 	lockdep_assert_cpus_held();
 	percpu_rwsem_assert_held(&cpuset_rwsem);
 
 	/*
-	 * We have raced with CPU hotplug. Don't do anything to avoid
+	 * If we have raced with CPU hotplug, return early to avoid
 	 * passing doms with offlined cpu to partition_sched_domains().
-	 * Anyways, hotplug work item will rebuild sched domains.
+	 * Anyways, cpuset_hotplug_workfn() will rebuild sched domains.
+	 *
+	 * With no CPUs in any subpartitions, top_cpuset's effective CPUs
+	 * should be the same as the active CPUs, so checking only top_cpuset
+	 * is enough to detect racing CPU offlines.
 	 */
 	if (!top_cpuset.nr_subparts_cpus &&
 	    !cpumask_equal(top_cpuset.effective_cpus, cpu_active_mask))
 		return;
 
-	if (top_cpuset.nr_subparts_cpus &&
-	   !cpumask_subset(top_cpuset.effective_cpus, cpu_active_mask))
-		return;
+	/*
+	 * With subpartition CPUs, however, the effective CPUs of a partition
+	 * root should be only a subset of the active CPUs.  Since a CPU in any
+	 * partition root could be offlined, all must be checked.
+	 */
+	if (top_cpuset.nr_subparts_cpus) {
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		cpuset_for_each_descendant_pre(cs, pos_css, &top_cpuset) {
+			if (!is_partition_root(cs)) {
+				pos_css = css_rightmost_descendant(pos_css);
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (!cpumask_subset(cs->effective_cpus,
+					    cpu_active_mask)) {
+				rcu_read_unlock();
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+	}
 
 	/* Generate domain masks and attrs */
 	ndoms = generate_sched_domains(&doms, &attr);