diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index d601fb0406ca..8bf8a5528bc7 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -8462,8 +8462,8 @@ struct task_group *sched_create_group(struct task_group *parent)
 	WARN_ON(!parent); /* root should already exist */
 
 	tg->parent = parent;
-	list_add_rcu(&tg->siblings, &parent->children);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tg->children);
+	list_add_rcu(&tg->siblings, &parent->children);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&task_group_lock, flags);
 
 	return tg;