diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 2567de3..81345ba 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@
 {
 	unsigned long state;
 	int retval, status, traced;
-	pid_t pid = task_pid_nr_ns(p, current->nsproxy->pid_ns);
+	pid_t pid = task_pid_vnr(p);
 
 	if (unlikely(noreap)) {
 		uid_t uid = p->uid;
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@
 	 * possibly take page faults for user memory.
 	 */
 	get_task_struct(p);
-	pid = task_pid_nr_ns(p, current->nsproxy->pid_ns);
+	pid = task_pid_vnr(p);
 	why = (p->ptrace & PT_PTRACED) ? CLD_TRAPPED : CLD_STOPPED;
 	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 
@@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@
 		p->signal->flags &= ~SIGNAL_STOP_CONTINUED;
 	spin_unlock_irq(&p->sighand->siglock);
 
-	pid = task_pid_nr_ns(p, current->nsproxy->pid_ns);
+	pid = task_pid_vnr(p);
 	uid = p->uid;
 	get_task_struct(p);
 	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index ca54d97..31a2bad 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1488,13 +1488,7 @@
 	if (!IS_ERR(p)) {
 		struct completion vfork;
 
-		/*
-		 * this is enough to call pid_nr_ns here, but this if
-		 * improves optimisation of regular fork()
-		 */
-		nr = (clone_flags & CLONE_NEWPID) ?
-			task_pid_nr_ns(p, current->nsproxy->pid_ns) :
-				task_pid_vnr(p);
+		nr = task_pid_vnr(p);
 
 		if (clone_flags & CLONE_PARENT_SETTID)
 			put_user(nr, parent_tidptr);
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 5a61f80..a626116 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -991,17 +991,14 @@
 	else {
 		int retval;
 		struct task_struct *p;
-		struct pid_namespace *ns;
-
-		ns = current->nsproxy->pid_ns;
 
 		read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
-		p = find_task_by_pid_ns(pid, ns);
+		p = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
 		retval = -ESRCH;
 		if (p) {
 			retval = security_task_getpgid(p);
 			if (!retval)
-				retval = task_pgrp_nr_ns(p, ns);
+				retval = task_pgrp_vnr(p);
 		}
 		read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 		return retval;
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 9dadc9d..89d963f 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -2488,7 +2488,7 @@
 	pid_t tmp;
 	int r;
 
-	tmp = pid_nr_ns(cad_pid, current->nsproxy->pid_ns);
+	tmp = pid_vnr(cad_pid);
 
 	r = __do_proc_dointvec(&tmp, table, write, filp, buffer,
 			       lenp, ppos, NULL, NULL);
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 70b29b5..1c4183c 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@
 	int pid;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	pid = task_tgid_nr_ns(current->real_parent, current->nsproxy->pid_ns);
+	pid = task_tgid_vnr(current->real_parent);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return pid;