diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 984d259e172d01c41d22fc458dec66c24f693fd4..bab34192799bf0dd04be9bbce60b1b7a86eb1643 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1040,16 +1040,9 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 	if (p->binfmt && !try_module_get(p->binfmt->module))
 		goto bad_fork_cleanup_put_domain;
 
-	if (pid != &init_struct_pid) {
-		pid = alloc_pid(task_active_pid_ns(p));
-		if (!pid)
-			goto bad_fork_put_binfmt_module;
-	}
-
 	p->did_exec = 0;
 	delayacct_tsk_init(p);	/* Must remain after dup_task_struct() */
 	copy_flags(clone_flags, p);
-	p->pid = pid_nr(pid);
 	retval = -EFAULT;
 	if (clone_flags & CLONE_PARENT_SETTID)
 		if (put_user(p->pid, parent_tidptr))
@@ -1133,10 +1126,6 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 	p->blocked_on = NULL; /* not blocked yet */
 #endif
 
-	p->tgid = p->pid;
-	if (clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD)
-		p->tgid = current->tgid;
-
 	if ((retval = security_task_alloc(p)))
 		goto bad_fork_cleanup_policy;
 	if ((retval = audit_alloc(p)))
@@ -1162,6 +1151,18 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 	if (retval)
 		goto bad_fork_cleanup_namespaces;
 
+	if (pid != &init_struct_pid) {
+		retval = -ENOMEM;
+		pid = alloc_pid(task_active_pid_ns(p));
+		if (!pid)
+			goto bad_fork_cleanup_namespaces;
+	}
+
+	p->pid = pid_nr(pid);
+	p->tgid = p->pid;
+	if (clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD)
+		p->tgid = current->tgid;
+
 	p->set_child_tid = (clone_flags & CLONE_CHILD_SETTID) ? child_tidptr : NULL;
 	/*
 	 * Clear TID on mm_release()?
@@ -1259,7 +1260,7 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 		spin_unlock(&current->sighand->siglock);
 		write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 		retval = -ERESTARTNOINTR;
-		goto bad_fork_cleanup_namespaces;
+		goto bad_fork_free_pid;
 	}
 
 	if (clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD) {
@@ -1308,6 +1309,9 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 	cgroup_post_fork(p);
 	return p;
 
+bad_fork_free_pid:
+	if (pid != &init_struct_pid)
+		free_pid(pid);
 bad_fork_cleanup_namespaces:
 	exit_task_namespaces(p);
 bad_fork_cleanup_keys:
@@ -1337,9 +1341,6 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 	cgroup_exit(p, cgroup_callbacks_done);
 bad_fork_cleanup_delays_binfmt:
 	delayacct_tsk_free(p);
-	if (pid != &init_struct_pid)
-		free_pid(pid);
-bad_fork_put_binfmt_module:
 	if (p->binfmt)
 		module_put(p->binfmt->module);
 bad_fork_cleanup_put_domain: