diff --git a/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
index d71a987fd2bf2ba5e698f9b69fccb59db4a1bb30..c7c2aed9e2dcc2e52669e7d3880be0666c496bff 100644
--- a/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -433,7 +433,8 @@ register_user_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
 			    perf_overflow_handler_t triggered,
 			    struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-	return perf_event_create_kernel_counter(attr, -1, tsk->pid, triggered);
+	return perf_event_create_kernel_counter(attr, -1, task_pid_vnr(tsk),
+						triggered);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_user_hw_breakpoint);