diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a6df59571370..4549915ed362 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1cee22b7f385b6c4f716846203a96e1f302132aa
+refs/heads/master: 031af165b1cd295ef04d2bfbcae9bc3cb9180735
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/timer.c b/trunk/kernel/timer.c
index dbaa62422b13..9c3c62b0c4bc 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/timer.c
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(getppid)
 	int pid;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	pid = task_tgid_vnr(current->real_parent);
+	pid = task_tgid_vnr(rcu_dereference(current->real_parent));
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return pid;