diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 4b4f72084d1b..74a3d693c196 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -596,18 +596,24 @@ int ptrace_request(struct task_struct *child, long request,
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF_FDPIC
 	case PTRACE_GETFDPIC: {
+		struct mm_struct *mm = get_task_mm(child);
 		unsigned long tmp = 0;
 
+		ret = -ESRCH;
+		if (!mm)
+			break;
+
 		switch (addr) {
 		case PTRACE_GETFDPIC_EXEC:
-			tmp = child->mm->context.exec_fdpic_loadmap;
+			tmp = mm->context.exec_fdpic_loadmap;
 			break;
 		case PTRACE_GETFDPIC_INTERP:
-			tmp = child->mm->context.interp_fdpic_loadmap;
+			tmp = mm->context.interp_fdpic_loadmap;
 			break;
 		default:
 			break;
 		}
+		mmput(mm);
 
 		ret = put_user(tmp, (unsigned long __user *) data);
 		break;