1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index c6f3b48be9dd..dcb9083ecde0 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -1951,8 +1951,10 @@ static int tty_fasync(int fd, struct file *filp, int on)
                         pid = task_pid(current);
                         type = PIDTYPE_PID;
                 }
-                retval = __f_setown(filp, pid, type, 0);
+                get_pid(pid);
                 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tty->ctrl_lock, flags);
+                retval = __f_setown(filp, pid, type, 0);
+                put_pid(pid);
                 if (retval)
                         goto out;
         } else {