diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index 65631e577ee9..5d2d19473a82 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -4402,11 +4402,13 @@ void scx_cgroup_move_task(struct task_struct *p)
 		return;
 
 	/*
-	 * @p must have ops.cgroup_prep_move() called on it and thus
-	 * cgrp_moving_from set.
+	 * scx_cgroup_can_attach() sets cgrp_moving_from only when the task's
+	 * cgroup changes. Migration keys off css rather than cgroup identity,
+	 * so it can hand an unchanged-cgroup task here with cgrp_moving_from
+	 * NULL. Nothing to report to the BPF scheduler then, so skip it and
+	 * keep prep_move and move paired.
 	 */
-	if (SCX_HAS_OP(sch, cgroup_move) &&
-	    !WARN_ON_ONCE(!p->scx.cgrp_moving_from))
+	if (SCX_HAS_OP(sch, cgroup_move) && p->scx.cgrp_moving_from)
 		SCX_CALL_OP_TASK(sch, cgroup_move, task_rq(p),
 				 p, p->scx.cgrp_moving_from,
 				 tg_cgrp(task_group(p)));
diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/scx_show_state.py b/tools/sched_ext/scx_show_state.py
index 02e43c184d43..446d82807f90 100644
--- a/tools/sched_ext/scx_show_state.py
+++ b/tools/sched_ext/scx_show_state.py
@@ -27,18 +27,25 @@ def read_static_key(name):
 def state_str(state):
     return prog['scx_enable_state_str'][state].string_().decode()
 
+def read_root_ops_name():
+    if root:
+        return root.ops.name.string_().decode()
+    return ''
+
+def read_root_field(name, default):
+    if root:
+        return getattr(root, name).value_()
+    return default
+
 root = prog['scx_root']
 enable_state = read_atomic("scx_enable_state_var")
 
-if root:
-    print(f'ops           : {root.ops.name.string_().decode()}')
-else:
-    print('ops           : ')
+print(f'ops           : {read_root_ops_name()}')
 print(f'enabled       : {read_static_key("__scx_enabled")}')
 print(f'switching_all : {read_int("scx_switching_all")}')
 print(f'switched_all  : {read_static_key("__scx_switched_all")}')
 print(f'enable_state  : {state_str(enable_state)} ({enable_state})')
-print(f'aborting      : {prog["scx_aborting"].value_()}')
-print(f'bypass_depth  : {prog["scx_bypass_depth"].value_()}')
+print(f'aborting      : {read_root_field("aborting", False)}')
+print(f'bypass_depth  : {read_root_field("bypass_depth", 0)}')
 print(f'nr_rejected   : {read_atomic("scx_nr_rejected")}')
 print(f'enable_seq    : {read_atomic("scx_enable_seq")}')