diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index 05b36b28f2e8..483ef8861376 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -148,11 +148,15 @@ void f_delown(struct file *filp)
 
 pid_t f_getown(struct file *filp)
 {
-	pid_t pid;
+	pid_t pid = 0;
 	read_lock(&filp->f_owner.lock);
-	pid = pid_vnr(filp->f_owner.pid);
-	if (filp->f_owner.pid_type == PIDTYPE_PGID)
-		pid = -pid;
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	if (pid_task(filp->f_owner.pid, filp->f_owner.pid_type)) {
+		pid = pid_vnr(filp->f_owner.pid);
+		if (filp->f_owner.pid_type == PIDTYPE_PGID)
+			pid = -pid;
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	read_unlock(&filp->f_owner.lock);
 	return pid;
 }
@@ -200,11 +204,14 @@ static int f_setown_ex(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 static int f_getown_ex(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	struct f_owner_ex __user *owner_p = (void __user *)arg;
-	struct f_owner_ex owner;
+	struct f_owner_ex owner = {};
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	read_lock(&filp->f_owner.lock);
-	owner.pid = pid_vnr(filp->f_owner.pid);
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	if (pid_task(filp->f_owner.pid, filp->f_owner.pid_type))
+		owner.pid = pid_vnr(filp->f_owner.pid);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	switch (filp->f_owner.pid_type) {
 	case PIDTYPE_PID:
 		owner.type = F_OWNER_TID;