diff --git a/kernel/acct.c b/kernel/acct.c
index b4c667d22e79..33738ef972f3 100644
--- a/kernel/acct.c
+++ b/kernel/acct.c
@@ -472,7 +472,6 @@ static void do_acct_process(struct bsd_acct_struct *acct)
 	acct_t ac;
 	unsigned long flim;
 	const struct cred *orig_cred;
-	struct pid_namespace *ns = acct->ns;
 	struct file *file = acct->file;
 
 	/*
@@ -500,10 +499,15 @@ static void do_acct_process(struct bsd_acct_struct *acct)
 	ac.ac_gid16 = ac.ac_gid;
 #endif
 #if ACCT_VERSION == 3
-	ac.ac_pid = task_tgid_nr_ns(current, ns);
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	ac.ac_ppid = task_tgid_nr_ns(rcu_dereference(current->real_parent), ns);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	{
+		struct pid_namespace *ns = acct->ns;
+
+		ac.ac_pid = task_tgid_nr_ns(current, ns);
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		ac.ac_ppid = task_tgid_nr_ns(rcu_dereference(current->real_parent),
+					     ns);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+	}
 #endif
 	/*
 	 * Get freeze protection. If the fs is frozen, just skip the write