* just call kill_anon_super when we are called from
         * deactivate_super.
         */
-       if (sbi) /* Free wait queues, close pipe */
+       if (sbi) {
+               /* Free wait queues, close pipe */
                autofs4_catatonic_mode(sbi);
+               put_pid(sbi->oz_pgrp);
+       }
 
        DPRINTK("shutting down");
        kill_litter_super(sb);
        if (!gid_eq(root_inode->i_gid, GLOBAL_ROOT_GID))
                seq_printf(m, ",gid=%u",
                        from_kgid_munged(&init_user_ns, root_inode->i_gid));
-       seq_printf(m, ",pgrp=%d", sbi->oz_pgrp);
+       seq_printf(m, ",pgrp=%d", pid_vnr(sbi->oz_pgrp));
        seq_printf(m, ",timeout=%lu", sbi->exp_timeout/HZ);
        seq_printf(m, ",minproto=%d", sbi->min_proto);
        seq_printf(m, ",maxproto=%d", sbi->max_proto);
 };
 
 static int parse_options(char *options, int *pipefd, kuid_t *uid, kgid_t *gid,
-               pid_t *pgrp, unsigned int *type, int *minproto, int *maxproto)
+                        int *pgrp, bool *pgrp_set, unsigned int *type,
+                        int *minproto, int *maxproto)
 {
        char *p;
        substring_t args[MAX_OPT_ARGS];
 
        *uid = current_uid();
        *gid = current_gid();
-       *pgrp = task_pgrp_nr(current);
 
        *minproto = AUTOFS_MIN_PROTO_VERSION;
        *maxproto = AUTOFS_MAX_PROTO_VERSION;
                        if (match_int(args, &option))
                                return 1;
                        *pgrp = option;
+                       *pgrp_set = true;
                        break;
                case Opt_minproto:
                        if (match_int(args, &option))
        int pipefd;
        struct autofs_sb_info *sbi;
        struct autofs_info *ino;
+       int pgrp;
+       bool pgrp_set = false;
 
        sbi = kzalloc(sizeof(*sbi), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!sbi)
        sbi->pipe = NULL;
        sbi->catatonic = 1;
        sbi->exp_timeout = 0;
-       sbi->oz_pgrp = task_pgrp_nr(current);
+       sbi->oz_pgrp = NULL;
        sbi->sb = s;
        sbi->version = 0;
        sbi->sub_version = 0;
 
        /* Can this call block? */
        if (parse_options(data, &pipefd, &root_inode->i_uid, &root_inode->i_gid,
-                               &sbi->oz_pgrp, &sbi->type, &sbi->min_proto,
-                               &sbi->max_proto)) {
+                         &pgrp, &pgrp_set, &sbi->type, &sbi->min_proto,
+                         &sbi->max_proto)) {
                printk("autofs: called with bogus options\n");
                goto fail_dput;
        }
 
+       if (pgrp_set) {
+               sbi->oz_pgrp = find_get_pid(pgrp);
+               if (!sbi->oz_pgrp) {
+                       pr_warn("autofs: could not find process group %d\n",
+                               pgrp);
+                       goto fail_dput;
+               }
+       } else {
+               sbi->oz_pgrp = get_task_pid(current, PIDTYPE_PGID);
+       }
+
        if (autofs_type_trigger(sbi->type))
                __managed_dentry_set_managed(root);
 
                sbi->version = sbi->max_proto;
        sbi->sub_version = AUTOFS_PROTO_SUBVERSION;
 
-       DPRINTK("pipe fd = %d, pgrp = %u", pipefd, sbi->oz_pgrp);
+       DPRINTK("pipe fd = %d, pgrp = %u", pipefd, pid_nr(sbi->oz_pgrp));
        pipe = fget(pipefd);
-       
+
        if (!pipe) {
                printk("autofs: could not open pipe file descriptor\n");
                goto fail_dput;
 fail_ino:
        kfree(ino);
 fail_free:
+       put_pid(sbi->oz_pgrp);
        kfree(sbi);
        s->s_fs_info = NULL;
 fail_unlock: