diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 31370da2ee7ce9ca2944eb22efb4d512681bc9dc..54e270262979b6f331a31b132171c0b74b92b920 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -579,11 +579,8 @@ static int proc_oom_score(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
 	unsigned long totalpages = totalram_pages + total_swap_pages;
 	unsigned long points = 0;
 
-	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
-	if (pid_alive(task))
-		points = oom_badness(task, NULL, NULL, totalpages) *
-						1000 / totalpages;
-	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+	points = oom_badness(task, NULL, NULL, totalpages) *
+					1000 / totalpages;
 	seq_printf(m, "%lu\n", points);
 
 	return 0;