diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 0b09447ae040..6ffb769ed955 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	 * so it is safe to do it under read_lock.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(tsk->group_leader == child_reaper(tsk)))
-		tsk->nsproxy->pid_ns->child_reaper = tsk;
+		task_active_pid_ns(tsk)->child_reaper = tsk;
 
 	zap_other_threads(tsk);
 	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_misc.c b/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
index d6dc72c78bc1..e0d064e9764e 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ static int loadavg_read_proc(char *page, char **start, off_t off,
 		LOAD_INT(a), LOAD_FRAC(a),
 		LOAD_INT(b), LOAD_FRAC(b),
 		LOAD_INT(c), LOAD_FRAC(c),
-		nr_running(), nr_threads, current->nsproxy->pid_ns->last_pid);
+		nr_running(), nr_threads,
+		task_active_pid_ns(current)->last_pid);
 	return proc_calc_metrics(page, start, off, count, eof, len);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/pid_namespace.h b/include/linux/pid_namespace.h
index c471c0c6e9ce..d10cb5f75c06 100644
--- a/include/linux/pid_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/pid_namespace.h
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ static inline void put_pid_ns(struct pid_namespace *ns)
 	kref_put(&ns->kref, free_pid_ns);
 }
 
+static inline struct pid_namespace *task_active_pid_ns(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	return tsk->nsproxy->pid_ns;
+}
+
 static inline struct task_struct *child_reaper(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
 	return init_pid_ns.child_reaper;
diff --git a/kernel/nsproxy.c b/kernel/nsproxy.c
index ac99837e7a04..e981c61304f1 100644
--- a/kernel/nsproxy.c
+++ b/kernel/nsproxy.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static struct nsproxy *create_new_namespaces(unsigned long flags,
 		goto out_ipc;
 	}
 
-	new_nsp->pid_ns = copy_pid_ns(flags, tsk->nsproxy->pid_ns);
+	new_nsp->pid_ns = copy_pid_ns(flags, task_active_pid_ns(tsk));
 	if (IS_ERR(new_nsp->pid_ns)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(new_nsp->pid_ns);
 		goto out_pid;
diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
index 42de9af8c524..78c0dbffde65 100644
--- a/kernel/pid.c
+++ b/kernel/pid.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ struct pid *alloc_pid(void)
 	int nr = -1;
 	struct pid_namespace *ns;
 
-	ns = current->nsproxy->pid_ns;
+	ns = task_active_pid_ns(current);
 	pid = kmem_cache_alloc(ns->pid_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pid)
 		goto out;
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ struct pid *find_ge_pid(int nr)
 		pid = find_pid(nr);
 		if (pid)
 			break;
-		nr = next_pidmap(current->nsproxy->pid_ns, nr);
+		nr = next_pidmap(task_active_pid_ns(current), nr);
 	} while (nr > 0);
 
 	return pid;