diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c
index 8f6bdb7dbf62..486942071f01 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c
@@ -719,7 +719,6 @@ struct ion_client *ion_client_create(struct ion_device *dev,
 	struct rb_node **p;
 	struct rb_node *parent = NULL;
 	struct ion_client *entry;
-	char debug_name[64];
 	pid_t pid;
 
 	get_task_struct(current->group_leader);
@@ -764,15 +763,14 @@ struct ion_client *ion_client_create(struct ion_device *dev,
 	rb_link_node(&client->node, parent, p);
 	rb_insert_color(&client->node, &dev->clients);
 
-	snprintf(debug_name, 64, "%u", client->pid);
-	client->debug_root = debugfs_create_file(debug_name, 0664,
+	client->debug_root = debugfs_create_file(name, 0664,
 						dev->clients_debug_root,
 						client, &debug_client_fops);
 	if (!client->debug_root) {
 		char buf[256], *path;
 		path = dentry_path(dev->clients_debug_root, buf, 256);
 		pr_err("Failed to create client debugfs at %s/%s\n",
-			path, debug_name);
+			path, name);
 	}
 
 	up_write(&dev->lock);
@@ -1301,9 +1299,11 @@ static int ion_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	struct miscdevice *miscdev = file->private_data;
 	struct ion_device *dev = container_of(miscdev, struct ion_device, dev);
 	struct ion_client *client;
+	char debug_name[64];
 
 	pr_debug("%s: %d\n", __func__, __LINE__);
-	client = ion_client_create(dev, "user");
+	snprintf(debug_name, 64, "%u", task_pid_nr(current->group_leader));
+	client = ion_client_create(dev, debug_name);
 	if (IS_ERR(client))
 		return PTR_ERR(client);
 	file->private_data = client;