1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index dbaa62422b13..9c3c62b0c4bc 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(getppid)
         int pid;
 
         rcu_read_lock();
-        pid = task_tgid_vnr(current->real_parent);
+        pid = task_tgid_vnr(rcu_dereference(current->real_parent));
         rcu_read_unlock();
 
         return pid;