diff --git a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
index 689e40d983ad..116fd38ee472 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
@@ -347,11 +347,23 @@ int autofs4_wait(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, struct dentry *dentry,
 	struct qstr qstr;
 	char *name;
 	int status, ret, type;
+	pid_t pid;
+	pid_t tgid;
 
 	/* In catatonic mode, we don't wait for nobody */
 	if (sbi->catatonic)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
+	/*
+	 * Try translating pids to the namespace of the daemon.
+	 *
+	 * Zero means failure: we are in an unrelated pid namespace.
+	 */
+	pid = task_pid_nr_ns(current, ns_of_pid(sbi->oz_pgrp));
+	tgid = task_tgid_nr_ns(current, ns_of_pid(sbi->oz_pgrp));
+	if (pid == 0 || tgid == 0)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
 	if (!dentry->d_inode) {
 		/*
 		 * A wait for a negative dentry is invalid for certain
@@ -417,8 +429,8 @@ int autofs4_wait(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, struct dentry *dentry,
 		wq->ino = autofs4_get_ino(sbi);
 		wq->uid = current_uid();
 		wq->gid = current_gid();
-		wq->pid = current->pid;
-		wq->tgid = current->tgid;
+		wq->pid = pid;
+		wq->tgid = tgid;
 		wq->status = -EINTR; /* Status return if interrupted */
 		wq->wait_ctr = 2;