diff --git a/include/net/xdp_sock.h b/include/net/xdp_sock.h
index 7161856bcf9c7f572943f6a78676df2aa458a5f7..c2c10cc9ffa032a978f1dc636e95d6b8eb1a7999 100644
--- a/include/net/xdp_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/xdp_sock.h
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ struct xdp_umem {
 	u32 headroom;
 	u32 chunk_size_nohr;
 	struct user_struct *user;
-	struct pid *pid;
 	unsigned long address;
 	refcount_t users;
 	struct work_struct work;
diff --git a/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c b/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c
index 0da063ae0e5dcb015c1fa01b4ce6febb4e47ddd0..3751b059eed1aa232ad3c15425226c04eb768c86 100644
--- a/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c
+++ b/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c
@@ -145,9 +145,6 @@ static void xdp_umem_unaccount_pages(struct xdp_umem *umem)
 
 static void xdp_umem_release(struct xdp_umem *umem)
 {
-	struct task_struct *task;
-	struct mm_struct *mm;
-
 	xdp_umem_clear_dev(umem);
 
 	if (umem->fq) {
@@ -162,21 +159,10 @@ static void xdp_umem_release(struct xdp_umem *umem)
 
 	xdp_umem_unpin_pages(umem);
 
-	task = get_pid_task(umem->pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
-	put_pid(umem->pid);
-	if (!task)
-		goto out;
-	mm = get_task_mm(task);
-	put_task_struct(task);
-	if (!mm)
-		goto out;
-
-	mmput(mm);
 	kfree(umem->pages);
 	umem->pages = NULL;
 
 	xdp_umem_unaccount_pages(umem);
-out:
 	kfree(umem);
 }
 
@@ -305,7 +291,6 @@ static int xdp_umem_reg(struct xdp_umem *umem, struct xdp_umem_reg *mr)
 	if (size_chk < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	umem->pid = get_task_pid(current, PIDTYPE_PID);
 	umem->address = (unsigned long)addr;
 	umem->props.chunk_mask = ~((u64)chunk_size - 1);
 	umem->props.size = size;
@@ -321,7 +306,7 @@ static int xdp_umem_reg(struct xdp_umem *umem, struct xdp_umem_reg *mr)
 
 	err = xdp_umem_account_pages(umem);
 	if (err)
-		goto out;
+		return err;
 
 	err = xdp_umem_pin_pages(umem);
 	if (err)
@@ -340,8 +325,6 @@ static int xdp_umem_reg(struct xdp_umem *umem, struct xdp_umem_reg *mr)
 
 out_account:
 	xdp_umem_unaccount_pages(umem);
-out:
-	put_pid(umem->pid);
 	return err;
 }