int retval = 0;
 
        freezer = cgroup_freezer(cgroup);
+
        spin_lock_irq(&freezer->lock);
+
        update_freezer_state(cgroup, freezer);
        if (goal_state == freezer->state)
                goto out;
-       switch (freezer->state) {
+
+       switch (goal_state) {
        case CGROUP_THAWED:
-               retval = try_to_freeze_cgroup(cgroup, freezer);
+               unfreeze_cgroup(cgroup, freezer);
                break;
-       case CGROUP_FREEZING:
-               if (goal_state == CGROUP_FROZEN) {
-                       /* Userspace is retrying after
-                        * "/bin/echo FROZEN > freezer.state" returned -EBUSY */
-                       retval = try_to_freeze_cgroup(cgroup, freezer);
-                       break;
-               }
-               /* state == FREEZING and goal_state == THAWED, so unfreeze */
        case CGROUP_FROZEN:
-               unfreeze_cgroup(cgroup, freezer);
+               retval = try_to_freeze_cgroup(cgroup, freezer);
                break;
        default:
-               break;
+               BUG();
        }
 out:
        spin_unlock_irq(&freezer->lock);