diff --git a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
index e6389f915bcb387052caf448c059bfdc448b665f..03c5d6c3e614df09972b767d55973aa16b905077 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -260,30 +260,43 @@ static int cpu_clock_sample_group(const clockid_t which_clock,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int posix_cpu_clock_get_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
+				    const clockid_t which_clock,
+				    struct timespec *tp)
+{
+	int err = -EINVAL;
+	unsigned long long rtn;
+
+	if (CPUCLOCK_PERTHREAD(which_clock)) {
+		if (same_thread_group(tsk, current))
+			err = cpu_clock_sample(which_clock, tsk, &rtn);
+	} else {
+		read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+
+		if (tsk->sighand && (tsk == current || thread_group_leader(tsk)))
+			err = cpu_clock_sample_group(which_clock, tsk, &rtn);
+
+		read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+	}
+
+	if (!err)
+		sample_to_timespec(which_clock, rtn, tp);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 
 static int posix_cpu_clock_get(const clockid_t which_clock, struct timespec *tp)
 {
 	const pid_t pid = CPUCLOCK_PID(which_clock);
-	int error = -EINVAL;
-	unsigned long long rtn;
+	int err = -EINVAL;
 
 	if (pid == 0) {
 		/*
 		 * Special case constant value for our own clocks.
 		 * We don't have to do any lookup to find ourselves.
 		 */
-		if (CPUCLOCK_PERTHREAD(which_clock)) {
-			/*
-			 * Sampling just ourselves we can do with no locking.
-			 */
-			error = cpu_clock_sample(which_clock,
-						 current, &rtn);
-		} else {
-			read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
-			error = cpu_clock_sample_group(which_clock,
-						       current, &rtn);
-			read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
-		}
+		err = posix_cpu_clock_get_task(current, which_clock, tp);
 	} else {
 		/*
 		 * Find the given PID, and validate that the caller
@@ -292,29 +305,12 @@ static int posix_cpu_clock_get(const clockid_t which_clock, struct timespec *tp)
 		struct task_struct *p;
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		p = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
-		if (p) {
-			if (CPUCLOCK_PERTHREAD(which_clock)) {
-				if (same_thread_group(p, current)) {
-					error = cpu_clock_sample(which_clock,
-								 p, &rtn);
-				}
-			} else {
-				read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
-				if (thread_group_leader(p) && p->sighand) {
-					error =
-					    cpu_clock_sample_group(which_clock,
-							           p, &rtn);
-				}
-				read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
-			}
-		}
+		if (p)
+			err = posix_cpu_clock_get_task(p, which_clock, tp);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
 
-	if (error)
-		return error;
-	sample_to_timespec(which_clock, rtn, tp);
-	return 0;
+	return err;
 }