diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
index fed4e1d2a343..1eaea1ddaeb9 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
@@ -1465,8 +1465,7 @@ IO Interface Files
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
   io.stat
-	A read-only nested-keyed file which exists on non-root
-	cgroups.
+	A read-only nested-keyed file.
 
 	Lines are keyed by $MAJ:$MIN device numbers and not ordered.
 	The following nested keys are defined.
diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
index 1606f419255c..a285572c2436 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -810,12 +810,66 @@ static void blkcg_rstat_flush(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css, int cpu)
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
+/*
+ * The rstat algorithms intentionally don't handle the root cgroup to avoid
+ * incurring overhead when no cgroups are defined. For that reason,
+ * cgroup_rstat_flush in blkcg_print_stat does not actually fill out the
+ * iostat in the root cgroup's blkcg_gq.
+ *
+ * However, we would like to re-use the printing code between the root and
+ * non-root cgroups to the extent possible. For that reason, we simulate
+ * flushing the root cgroup's stats by explicitly filling in the iostat
+ * with disk level statistics.
+ */
+static void blkcg_fill_root_iostats(void)
+{
+	struct class_dev_iter iter;
+	struct device *dev;
+
+	class_dev_iter_init(&iter, &block_class, NULL, &disk_type);
+	while ((dev = class_dev_iter_next(&iter))) {
+		struct gendisk *disk = dev_to_disk(dev);
+		struct hd_struct *part = disk_get_part(disk, 0);
+		struct blkcg_gq *blkg = blk_queue_root_blkg(disk->queue);
+		struct blkg_iostat tmp;
+		int cpu;
+
+		memset(&tmp, 0, sizeof(tmp));
+		for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+			struct disk_stats *cpu_dkstats;
+
+			cpu_dkstats = per_cpu_ptr(part->dkstats, cpu);
+			tmp.ios[BLKG_IOSTAT_READ] +=
+				cpu_dkstats->ios[STAT_READ];
+			tmp.ios[BLKG_IOSTAT_WRITE] +=
+				cpu_dkstats->ios[STAT_WRITE];
+			tmp.ios[BLKG_IOSTAT_DISCARD] +=
+				cpu_dkstats->ios[STAT_DISCARD];
+			// convert sectors to bytes
+			tmp.bytes[BLKG_IOSTAT_READ] +=
+				cpu_dkstats->sectors[STAT_READ] << 9;
+			tmp.bytes[BLKG_IOSTAT_WRITE] +=
+				cpu_dkstats->sectors[STAT_WRITE] << 9;
+			tmp.bytes[BLKG_IOSTAT_DISCARD] +=
+				cpu_dkstats->sectors[STAT_DISCARD] << 9;
+
+			u64_stats_update_begin(&blkg->iostat.sync);
+			blkg_iostat_set(&blkg->iostat.cur, &tmp);
+			u64_stats_update_end(&blkg->iostat.sync);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 static int blkcg_print_stat(struct seq_file *sf, void *v)
 {
 	struct blkcg *blkcg = css_to_blkcg(seq_css(sf));
 	struct blkcg_gq *blkg;
 
-	cgroup_rstat_flush(blkcg->css.cgroup);
+	if (!seq_css(sf)->parent)
+		blkcg_fill_root_iostats();
+	else
+		cgroup_rstat_flush(blkcg->css.cgroup);
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
 	hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(blkg, &blkcg->blkg_list, blkcg_node) {
@@ -904,7 +958,6 @@ static int blkcg_print_stat(struct seq_file *sf, void *v)
 static struct cftype blkcg_files[] = {
 	{
 		.name = "stat",
-		.flags = CFTYPE_NOT_ON_ROOT,
 		.seq_show = blkcg_print_stat,
 	},
 	{ }	/* terminate */
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index afdb2c3e5b22..4f5f4590517c 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ static struct kobject *block_depr;
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ext_devt_lock);
 static DEFINE_IDR(ext_devt_idr);
 
-static const struct device_type disk_type;
-
 static void disk_check_events(struct disk_events *ev,
 			      unsigned int *clearing_ptr);
 static void disk_alloc_events(struct gendisk *disk);
@@ -1566,7 +1564,7 @@ static char *block_devnode(struct device *dev, umode_t *mode,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static const struct device_type disk_type = {
+const struct device_type disk_type = {
 	.name		= "disk",
 	.groups		= disk_attr_groups,
 	.release	= disk_release,
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index a9384449465a..ea38bc36bc6d 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #define disk_to_dev(disk)	(&(disk)->part0.__dev)
 #define part_to_dev(part)	(&((part)->__dev))
 
+extern const struct device_type disk_type;
 extern struct device_type part_type;
 extern struct class block_class;
 
