{
        struct cgroup_pidlist *l;
        /* don't need task_nsproxy() if we're looking at ourself */
-       struct pid_namespace *ns = get_pid_ns(current->nsproxy->pid_ns);
+       struct pid_namespace *ns = current->nsproxy->pid_ns;
+
        /*
         * We can't drop the pidlist_mutex before taking the l->mutex in case
         * the last ref-holder is trying to remove l from the list at the same
        mutex_lock(&cgrp->pidlist_mutex);
        list_for_each_entry(l, &cgrp->pidlists, links) {
                if (l->key.type == type && l->key.ns == ns) {
-                       /* found a matching list - drop the extra refcount */
-                       put_pid_ns(ns);
                        /* make sure l doesn't vanish out from under us */
                        down_write(&l->mutex);
                        mutex_unlock(&cgrp->pidlist_mutex);
        l = kmalloc(sizeof(struct cgroup_pidlist), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!l) {
                mutex_unlock(&cgrp->pidlist_mutex);
-               put_pid_ns(ns);
                return l;
        }
        init_rwsem(&l->mutex);
        down_write(&l->mutex);
        l->key.type = type;
-       l->key.ns = ns;
+       l->key.ns = get_pid_ns(ns);
        l->use_count = 0; /* don't increment here */
        l->list = NULL;
        l->owner = cgrp;