diff --git a/libprocessgroup/cgroup_map.cpp b/libprocessgroup/cgroup_map.cpp
index 5ca096787..0734f2565 100644
--- a/libprocessgroup/cgroup_map.cpp
+++ b/libprocessgroup/cgroup_map.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 using android::base::GetBoolProperty;
 using android::base::StringPrintf;
 using android::base::unique_fd;
+using android::base::WriteStringToFile;
 
 static constexpr const char* CGROUP_PROCS_FILE = "/cgroup.procs";
 static constexpr const char* CGROUP_TASKS_FILE = "/tasks";
@@ -202,3 +203,21 @@ CgroupController CgroupMap::FindController(const std::string& name) const {
 
     return CgroupController(nullptr);
 }
+
+int CgroupMap::ActivateControllers(const std::string& path) const {
+    if (__builtin_available(android 30, *)) {
+        auto controller_count = ACgroupFile_getControllerCount();
+        for (uint32_t i = 0; i < controller_count; ++i) {
+            const ACgroupController* controller = ACgroupFile_getController(i);
+            if (ACgroupController_getFlags(controller) &
+                CGROUPRC_CONTROLLER_FLAG_NEEDS_ACTIVATION) {
+                std::string str = std::string("+") + ACgroupController_getName(controller);
+                if (!WriteStringToFile(str, path + "/cgroup.subtree_control")) {
+                    return -errno;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+    return -ENOSYS;
+}
diff --git a/libprocessgroup/cgroup_map.h b/libprocessgroup/cgroup_map.h
index 427d71b40..22d717b32 100644
--- a/libprocessgroup/cgroup_map.h
+++ b/libprocessgroup/cgroup_map.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ class CgroupMap {
 
     static CgroupMap& GetInstance();
     CgroupController FindController(const std::string& name) const;
+    int ActivateControllers(const std::string& path) const;
 
   private:
     bool loaded_ = false;
diff --git a/libprocessgroup/processgroup.cpp b/libprocessgroup/processgroup.cpp
index c824376e5..faf945cfc 100644
--- a/libprocessgroup/processgroup.cpp
+++ b/libprocessgroup/processgroup.cpp
@@ -416,13 +416,15 @@ int killProcessGroupOnce(uid_t uid, int initialPid, int signal, int* max_process
     return KillProcessGroup(uid, initialPid, signal, 0 /*retries*/, max_processes);
 }
 
-static int createProcessGroupInternal(uid_t uid, int initialPid, std::string cgroup) {
+static int createProcessGroupInternal(uid_t uid, int initialPid, std::string cgroup,
+                                      bool activate_controllers) {
     auto uid_path = ConvertUidToPath(cgroup.c_str(), uid);
 
     struct stat cgroup_stat;
     mode_t cgroup_mode = 0750;
     gid_t cgroup_uid = AID_SYSTEM;
     uid_t cgroup_gid = AID_SYSTEM;
+    int ret = 0;
 
     if (stat(cgroup.c_str(), &cgroup_stat) == 1) {
         PLOG(ERROR) << "Failed to get stats for " << cgroup;
@@ -436,6 +438,13 @@ static int createProcessGroupInternal(uid_t uid, int initialPid, std::string cgr
         PLOG(ERROR) << "Failed to make and chown " << uid_path;
         return -errno;
     }
+    if (activate_controllers) {
+        ret = CgroupMap::GetInstance().ActivateControllers(uid_path);
+        if (ret) {
+            LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to activate controllers in " << uid_path;
+            return ret;
+        }
+    }
 
     auto uid_pid_path = ConvertUidPidToPath(cgroup.c_str(), uid, initialPid);
 
@@ -446,7 +455,6 @@ static int createProcessGroupInternal(uid_t uid, int initialPid, std::string cgr
 
     auto uid_pid_procs_file = uid_pid_path + PROCESSGROUP_CGROUP_PROCS_FILE;
 
-    int ret = 0;
     if (!WriteStringToFile(std::to_string(initialPid), uid_pid_procs_file)) {
         ret = -errno;
         PLOG(ERROR) << "Failed to write '" << initialPid << "' to " << uid_pid_procs_file;
@@ -466,14 +474,14 @@ int createProcessGroup(uid_t uid, int initialPid, bool memControl) {
     if (isMemoryCgroupSupported() && UsePerAppMemcg()) {
         CgroupGetControllerPath("memory", &cgroup);
         cgroup += "/apps";
-        int ret = createProcessGroupInternal(uid, initialPid, cgroup);
+        int ret = createProcessGroupInternal(uid, initialPid, cgroup, false);
         if (ret != 0) {
             return ret;
         }
     }
 
     CgroupGetControllerPath(CGROUPV2_CONTROLLER_NAME, &cgroup);
-    return createProcessGroupInternal(uid, initialPid, cgroup);
+    return createProcessGroupInternal(uid, initialPid, cgroup, true);
 }
 
 static bool SetProcessGroupValue(int tid, const std::string& attr_name, int64_t value) {