diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
index 9a4e899d94b3..2b6c9b516070 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ struct ib_umem *ib_umem_get(struct ib_ucontext *context, unsigned long addr,
 	umem->length     = size;
 	umem->address    = addr;
 	umem->page_shift = PAGE_SHIFT;
-	umem->pid	 = get_task_pid(current, PIDTYPE_PID);
 	/*
 	 * We ask for writable memory if any of the following
 	 * access flags are set.  "Local write" and "remote write"
@@ -132,7 +131,6 @@ struct ib_umem *ib_umem_get(struct ib_ucontext *context, unsigned long addr,
 		 IB_ACCESS_REMOTE_ATOMIC | IB_ACCESS_MW_BIND));
 
 	if (access & IB_ACCESS_ON_DEMAND) {
-		put_pid(umem->pid);
 		ret = ib_umem_odp_get(context, umem, access);
 		if (ret) {
 			kfree(umem);
@@ -148,7 +146,6 @@ struct ib_umem *ib_umem_get(struct ib_ucontext *context, unsigned long addr,
 
 	page_list = (struct page **) __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!page_list) {
-		put_pid(umem->pid);
 		kfree(umem);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
@@ -231,7 +228,6 @@ struct ib_umem *ib_umem_get(struct ib_ucontext *context, unsigned long addr,
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		if (need_release)
 			__ib_umem_release(context->device, umem, 0);
-		put_pid(umem->pid);
 		kfree(umem);
 	} else
 		current->mm->pinned_vm = locked;
@@ -274,8 +270,7 @@ void ib_umem_release(struct ib_umem *umem)
 
 	__ib_umem_release(umem->context->device, umem, 1);
 
-	task = get_pid_task(umem->pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
-	put_pid(umem->pid);
+	task = get_pid_task(umem->context->tgid, PIDTYPE_PID);
 	if (!task)
 		goto out;
 	mm = get_task_mm(task);
diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_umem.h b/include/rdma/ib_umem.h
index 23159dd5be18..a1fd63871d17 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib_umem.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib_umem.h
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ struct ib_umem {
 	int                     writable;
 	int                     hugetlb;
 	struct work_struct	work;
-	struct pid             *pid;
 	struct mm_struct       *mm;
 	unsigned long		diff;
 	struct ib_umem_odp     *odp_data;