diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index 3f761c259a0d..9caa02bd378f 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 DEFINE_MUTEX(cgroup_mutex);
 DEFINE_SPINLOCK(css_set_lock);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU
+#if (defined CONFIG_PROVE_RCU || defined CONFIG_LOCKDEP)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cgroup_mutex);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(css_set_lock);
 #endif