diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 23559c227d9c..644f6c4eb606 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@ int search_binary_handler(struct linux_binprm *bprm,struct pt_regs *regs)
 	unsigned int depth = bprm->recursion_depth;
 	int try,retval;
 	struct linux_binfmt *fmt;
-	pid_t old_pid;
+	pid_t old_pid, old_vpid;
 
 	retval = security_bprm_check(bprm);
 	if (retval)
@@ -1381,8 +1381,9 @@ int search_binary_handler(struct linux_binprm *bprm,struct pt_regs *regs)
 		return retval;
 
 	/* Need to fetch pid before load_binary changes it */
+	old_pid = current->pid;
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	old_pid = task_pid_nr_ns(current, task_active_pid_ns(current->parent));
+	old_vpid = task_pid_nr_ns(current, task_active_pid_ns(current->parent));
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	retval = -ENOENT;
@@ -1405,7 +1406,7 @@ int search_binary_handler(struct linux_binprm *bprm,struct pt_regs *regs)
 			if (retval >= 0) {
 				if (depth == 0) {
 					trace_sched_process_exec(current, old_pid, bprm);
-					ptrace_event(PTRACE_EVENT_EXEC, old_pid);
+					ptrace_event(PTRACE_EVENT_EXEC, old_vpid);
 				}
 				put_binfmt(fmt);
 				allow_write_access(bprm->file);
diff --git a/include/trace/events/sched.h b/include/trace/events/sched.h
index fbc7b1ad929b..ea7a2035456d 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/sched.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/sched.h
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(sched_process_exec,
 	TP_fast_assign(
 		__assign_str(filename, bprm->filename);
 		__entry->pid		= p->pid;
-		__entry->old_pid	= p->pid;
+		__entry->old_pid	= old_pid;
 	),
 
 	TP_printk("filename=%s pid=%d old_pid=%d", __get_str(filename),