diff --git a/Documentation/accounting/psi.rst b/Documentation/accounting/psi.rst
index f2b3439edcc2..860fe651d645 100644
--- a/Documentation/accounting/psi.rst
+++ b/Documentation/accounting/psi.rst
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ Triggers can be set on more than one psi metric and more than one trigger
 for the same psi metric can be specified. However for each trigger a separate
 file descriptor is required to be able to poll it separately from others,
 therefore for each trigger a separate open() syscall should be made even
-when opening the same psi interface file.
+when opening the same psi interface file. Write operations to a file descriptor
+with an already existing psi trigger will fail with EBUSY.
 
 Monitors activate only when system enters stall state for the monitored
 psi metric and deactivates upon exit from the stall state. While system is
diff --git a/include/linux/psi.h b/include/linux/psi.h
index 65eb1476ac70..74f7148dfb9f 100644
--- a/include/linux/psi.h
+++ b/include/linux/psi.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ void cgroup_move_task(struct task_struct *p, struct css_set *to);
 
 struct psi_trigger *psi_trigger_create(struct psi_group *group,
 			char *buf, size_t nbytes, enum psi_res res);
-void psi_trigger_replace(void **trigger_ptr, struct psi_trigger *t);
+void psi_trigger_destroy(struct psi_trigger *t);
 
 __poll_t psi_trigger_poll(void **trigger_ptr, struct file *file,
 			poll_table *wait);
diff --git a/include/linux/psi_types.h b/include/linux/psi_types.h
index 0a23300d49af..6537d0c92825 100644
--- a/include/linux/psi_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/psi_types.h
@@ -129,9 +129,6 @@ struct psi_trigger {
 	 * events to one per window
 	 */
 	u64 last_event_time;
-
-	/* Refcounting to prevent premature destruction */
-	struct kref refcount;
 };
 
 struct psi_group {
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index cafb8c114a21..d18c2ef3180e 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -3642,6 +3642,12 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_pressure_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf,
 	cgroup_get(cgrp);
 	cgroup_kn_unlock(of->kn);
 
+	/* Allow only one trigger per file descriptor */
+	if (ctx->psi.trigger) {
+		cgroup_put(cgrp);
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
 	psi = cgroup_ino(cgrp) == 1 ? &psi_system : &cgrp->psi;
 	new = psi_trigger_create(psi, buf, nbytes, res);
 	if (IS_ERR(new)) {
@@ -3649,8 +3655,7 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_pressure_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf,
 		return PTR_ERR(new);
 	}
 
-	psi_trigger_replace(&ctx->psi.trigger, new);
-
+	smp_store_release(&ctx->psi.trigger, new);
 	cgroup_put(cgrp);
 
 	return nbytes;
@@ -3689,7 +3694,7 @@ static void cgroup_pressure_release(struct kernfs_open_file *of)
 {
 	struct cgroup_file_ctx *ctx = of->priv;
 
-	psi_trigger_replace(&ctx->psi.trigger, NULL);
+	psi_trigger_destroy(ctx->psi.trigger);
 }
 
 bool cgroup_psi_enabled(void)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/psi.c b/kernel/sched/psi.c
index 1652f2bb54b7..232b4c05eebc 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/psi.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/psi.c
@@ -1151,7 +1151,6 @@ struct psi_trigger *psi_trigger_create(struct psi_group *group,
 	t->event = 0;
 	t->last_event_time = 0;
 	init_waitqueue_head(&t->event_wait);
-	kref_init(&t->refcount);
 
 	mutex_lock(&group->trigger_lock);
 
@@ -1180,15 +1179,19 @@ struct psi_trigger *psi_trigger_create(struct psi_group *group,
 	return t;
 }
 
-static void psi_trigger_destroy(struct kref *ref)
+void psi_trigger_destroy(struct psi_trigger *t)
 {
-	struct psi_trigger *t = container_of(ref, struct psi_trigger, refcount);
-	struct psi_group *group = t->group;
+	struct psi_group *group;
 	struct task_struct *task_to_destroy = NULL;
 
-	if (static_branch_likely(&psi_disabled))
+	/*
+	 * We do not check psi_disabled since it might have been disabled after
+	 * the trigger got created.
+	 */
+	if (!t)
 		return;
 
+	group = t->group;
 	/*
 	 * Wakeup waiters to stop polling. Can happen if cgroup is deleted
 	 * from under a polling process.
@@ -1224,9 +1227,9 @@ static void psi_trigger_destroy(struct kref *ref)
 	mutex_unlock(&group->trigger_lock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Wait for both *trigger_ptr from psi_trigger_replace and
-	 * poll_task RCUs to complete their read-side critical sections
-	 * before destroying the trigger and optionally the poll_task
+	 * Wait for psi_schedule_poll_work RCU to complete its read-side
+	 * critical section before destroying the trigger and optionally the
+	 * poll_task.
 	 */
 	synchronize_rcu();
 	/*
@@ -1243,18 +1246,6 @@ static void psi_trigger_destroy(struct kref *ref)
 	kfree(t);
 }
 
-void psi_trigger_replace(void **trigger_ptr, struct psi_trigger *new)
-{
-	struct psi_trigger *old = *trigger_ptr;
-
-	if (static_branch_likely(&psi_disabled))
-		return;
-
-	rcu_assign_pointer(*trigger_ptr, new);
-	if (old)
-		kref_put(&old->refcount, psi_trigger_destroy);
-}
-
 __poll_t psi_trigger_poll(void **trigger_ptr,
 				struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 {
@@ -1264,24 +1255,15 @@ __poll_t psi_trigger_poll(void **trigger_ptr,
 	if (static_branch_likely(&psi_disabled))
 		return DEFAULT_POLLMASK | EPOLLERR | EPOLLPRI;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-
-	t = rcu_dereference(*(void __rcu __force **)trigger_ptr);
-	if (!t) {
-		rcu_read_unlock();
+	t = smp_load_acquire(trigger_ptr);
+	if (!t)
 		return DEFAULT_POLLMASK | EPOLLERR | EPOLLPRI;
-	}
-	kref_get(&t->refcount);
-
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	poll_wait(file, &t->event_wait, wait);
 
 	if (cmpxchg(&t->event, 1, 0) == 1)
 		ret |= EPOLLPRI;
 
-	kref_put(&t->refcount, psi_trigger_destroy);
-
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1305,14 +1287,24 @@ static ssize_t psi_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf,
 
 	buf[buf_size - 1] = '\0';
 
-	new = psi_trigger_create(&psi_system, buf, nbytes, res);
-	if (IS_ERR(new))
-		return PTR_ERR(new);
-
 	seq = file->private_data;
+
 	/* Take seq->lock to protect seq->private from concurrent writes */
 	mutex_lock(&seq->lock);
-	psi_trigger_replace(&seq->private, new);
+
+	/* Allow only one trigger per file descriptor */
+	if (seq->private) {
+		mutex_unlock(&seq->lock);
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
+	new = psi_trigger_create(&psi_system, buf, nbytes, res);
+	if (IS_ERR(new)) {
+		mutex_unlock(&seq->lock);
+		return PTR_ERR(new);
+	}
+
+	smp_store_release(&seq->private, new);
 	mutex_unlock(&seq->lock);
 
 	return nbytes;
@@ -1347,7 +1339,7 @@ static int psi_fop_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct seq_file *seq = file->private_data;
 
-	psi_trigger_replace(&seq->private, NULL);
+	psi_trigger_destroy(seq->private);
 	return single_release(inode, file);
 }
 
