diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index c9e3f650f23ca81eb3df3e18f70406398da9ff84..08e3eccf9a12071ae2007a076729851f5c431dbd 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -2706,9 +2706,16 @@ static int do_io_accounting(struct task_struct *task, char *buffer, int whole)
 {
 	struct task_io_accounting acct = task->ioac;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	int result;
 
-	if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ))
-		return -EACCES;
+	result = mutex_lock_killable(&task->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
+	if (result)
+		return result;
+
+	if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ)) {
+		result = -EACCES;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
 
 	if (whole && lock_task_sighand(task, &flags)) {
 		struct task_struct *t = task;
@@ -2719,7 +2726,7 @@ static int do_io_accounting(struct task_struct *task, char *buffer, int whole)
 
 		unlock_task_sighand(task, &flags);
 	}
-	return sprintf(buffer,
+	result = sprintf(buffer,
 			"rchar: %llu\n"
 			"wchar: %llu\n"
 			"syscr: %llu\n"
@@ -2734,6 +2741,9 @@ static int do_io_accounting(struct task_struct *task, char *buffer, int whole)
 			(unsigned long long)acct.read_bytes,
 			(unsigned long long)acct.write_bytes,
 			(unsigned long long)acct.cancelled_write_bytes);
+out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&task->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
+	return result;
 }
 
 static int proc_tid_io_accounting(struct task_struct *task, char *buffer)