diff --git a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
index 431fd7ee3488..e44271dfceb6 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
@@ -431,8 +431,8 @@ int autofs4_wait(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
 		memcpy(&wq->name, &qstr, sizeof(struct qstr));
 		wq->dev = autofs4_get_dev(sbi);
 		wq->ino = autofs4_get_ino(sbi);
-		wq->uid = current_uid();
-		wq->gid = current_gid();
+		wq->uid = current_real_cred()->uid;
+		wq->gid = current_real_cred()->gid;
 		wq->pid = pid;
 		wq->tgid = tgid;
 		wq->status = -EINTR; /* Status return if interrupted */