diff --git a/fs/proc/array.c b/fs/proc/array.c
index 65c62e1bfd6f..810eb8fd6500 100644
--- a/fs/proc/array.c
+++ b/fs/proc/array.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static inline char *task_state(struct task_struct *p, char *buffer)
 	ppid = pid_alive(p) ?
 		task_tgid_nr_ns(rcu_dereference(p->real_parent), ns) : 0;
 	tpid = pid_alive(p) && p->ptrace ?
-		task_ppid_nr_ns(rcu_dereference(p->parent), ns) : 0;
+		task_pid_nr_ns(rcu_dereference(p->parent), ns) : 0;
 	buffer += sprintf(buffer,
 		"State:\t%s\n"
 		"Tgid:\t%d\n"
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ static int do_task_stat(struct task_struct *task, char *buffer, int whole)
 	cgtime = gtime = cputime_zero;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
+	ppid = task_tgid_nr_ns(task->real_parent, ns);
 	if (lock_task_sighand(task, &flags)) {
 		struct signal_struct *sig = task->signal;
 
@@ -465,7 +466,6 @@ static int do_task_stat(struct task_struct *task, char *buffer, int whole)
 
 		sid = task_session_nr_ns(task, ns);
 		pgid = task_pgrp_nr_ns(task, ns);
-		ppid = task_ppid_nr_ns(task, ns);
 
 		unlock_task_sighand(task, &flags);
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index ac3d496fbd20..cc14656f8682 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1255,13 +1255,6 @@ struct pid_namespace;
  *
  * set_task_vxid()   : assigns a virtual id to a task;
  *
- * task_ppid_nr_ns() : the parent's id as seen from the namespace specified.
- *                     the result depends on the namespace and whether the
- *                     task in question is the namespace's init. e.g. for the
- *                     namespace's init this will return 0 when called from
- *                     the namespace of this init, or appropriate id otherwise.
- *
- *
  * see also pid_nr() etc in include/linux/pid.h
  */
 
@@ -1317,12 +1310,6 @@ static inline pid_t task_session_vnr(struct task_struct *tsk)
 }
 
 
-static inline pid_t task_ppid_nr_ns(struct task_struct *tsk,
-		struct pid_namespace *ns)
-{
-	return pid_nr_ns(task_pid(rcu_dereference(tsk->real_parent)), ns);
-}
-
 /**
  * pid_alive - check that a task structure is not stale
  * @p: Task structure to be checked.
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index d4527dcef1af..26671f4db07f 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_getppid(void)
 	int pid;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	pid = task_ppid_nr_ns(current, current->nsproxy->pid_ns);
+	pid = task_tgid_nr_ns(current->real_parent, current->nsproxy->pid_ns);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return pid;