diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index a72b6ff9b48a12f812c516efa6c7ca49f06981f9..b9422bc170285e8dd730e506cc5c3c8997a5e5f2 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -601,10 +601,10 @@ pipe_fasync(int fd, struct file *filp, int on)
 	return retval;
 }
 
-static void account_pipe_buffers(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+static void account_pipe_buffers(struct user_struct *user,
                                  unsigned long old, unsigned long new)
 {
-	atomic_long_add(new - old, &pipe->user->pipe_bufs);
+	atomic_long_add(new - old, &user->pipe_bufs);
 }
 
 static bool too_many_pipe_buffers_soft(struct user_struct *user)
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ struct pipe_inode_info *alloc_pipe_info(void)
 			pipe->r_counter = pipe->w_counter = 1;
 			pipe->buffers = pipe_bufs;
 			pipe->user = user;
-			account_pipe_buffers(pipe, 0, pipe_bufs);
+			account_pipe_buffers(user, 0, pipe_bufs);
 			mutex_init(&pipe->mutex);
 			return pipe;
 		}
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ void free_pipe_info(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	account_pipe_buffers(pipe, pipe->buffers, 0);
+	account_pipe_buffers(pipe->user, pipe->buffers, 0);
 	free_uid(pipe->user);
 	for (i = 0; i < pipe->buffers; i++) {
 		struct pipe_buffer *buf = pipe->bufs + i;
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ static long pipe_set_size(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, unsigned long arg)
 			memcpy(bufs + head, pipe->bufs, tail * sizeof(struct pipe_buffer));
 	}
 
-	account_pipe_buffers(pipe, pipe->buffers, nr_pages);
+	account_pipe_buffers(pipe->user, pipe->buffers, nr_pages);
 	pipe->curbuf = 0;
 	kfree(pipe->bufs);
 	pipe->bufs = bufs;