diff --git a/fs/proc/array.c b/fs/proc/array.c
index ae2c807fd719540312d18a94c7676ceb51b10f12..911f66924d813de2bf556014f82902758c347039 100644
--- a/fs/proc/array.c
+++ b/fs/proc/array.c
@@ -677,12 +677,7 @@ get_children_pid(struct inode *inode, struct pid *pid_prev, loff_t pos)
 
 static int children_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = seq->private;
-	pid_t pid;
-
-	pid = pid_nr_ns(v, inode->i_sb->s_fs_info);
-	seq_printf(seq, "%d ", pid);
-
+	seq_printf(seq, "%d ", pid_nr_ns(v, proc_pid_ns(seq->private)));
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 1b2ede6abcdfc97f1ab87244a18e0cb4c9035e5f..29237cad19fdc03b81f00e6a6b6680cb6cf814a3 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ static bool has_pid_permissions(struct pid_namespace *pid,
 
 static int proc_pid_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
-	struct pid_namespace *pid = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
+	struct pid_namespace *pid = proc_pid_ns(inode);
 	struct task_struct *task;
 	bool has_perms;
 
@@ -733,13 +733,11 @@ static const struct inode_operations proc_def_inode_operations = {
 static int proc_single_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = m->private;
-	struct pid_namespace *ns;
-	struct pid *pid;
+	struct pid_namespace *ns = proc_pid_ns(inode);
+	struct pid *pid = proc_pid(inode);
 	struct task_struct *task;
 	int ret;
 
-	ns = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
-	pid = proc_pid(inode);
 	task = get_pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
 	if (!task)
 		return -ESRCH;
@@ -1410,7 +1408,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_fail_nth_operations = {
 static int sched_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = m->private;
-	struct pid_namespace *ns = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
+	struct pid_namespace *ns = proc_pid_ns(inode);
 	struct task_struct *p;
 
 	p = get_proc_task(inode);
@@ -1782,8 +1780,8 @@ int pid_getattr(const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat,
 		u32 request_mask, unsigned int query_flags)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(path->dentry);
+	struct pid_namespace *pid = proc_pid_ns(inode);
 	struct task_struct *task;
-	struct pid_namespace *pid = path->dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
 
 	generic_fillattr(inode, stat);
 
@@ -2337,7 +2335,7 @@ static int proc_timers_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	tp->pid = proc_pid(inode);
-	tp->ns = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
+	tp->ns = proc_pid_ns(inode);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3239,7 +3237,7 @@ static struct tgid_iter next_tgid(struct pid_namespace *ns, struct tgid_iter ite
 int proc_pid_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct tgid_iter iter;
-	struct pid_namespace *ns = file_inode(file)->i_sb->s_fs_info;
+	struct pid_namespace *ns = proc_pid_ns(file_inode(file));
 	loff_t pos = ctx->pos;
 
 	if (pos >= PID_MAX_LIMIT + TGID_OFFSET)
@@ -3588,7 +3586,7 @@ static int proc_task_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	/* f_version caches the tgid value that the last readdir call couldn't
 	 * return. lseek aka telldir automagically resets f_version to 0.
 	 */
-	ns = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
+	ns = proc_pid_ns(inode);
 	tid = (int)file->f_version;
 	file->f_version = 0;
 	for (task = first_tid(proc_pid(inode), tid, ctx->pos - 2, ns);
diff --git a/fs/proc/self.c b/fs/proc/self.c
index 4d7d061696b3d81f8e43edfdce935bd4a97fd814..127265e5c55f81d1ec3d780dad1e7b23f86a8caf 100644
--- a/fs/proc/self.c
+++ b/fs/proc/self.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ static const char *proc_self_get_link(struct dentry *dentry,
 				      struct inode *inode,
 				      struct delayed_call *done)
 {
-	struct pid_namespace *ns = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
+	struct pid_namespace *ns = proc_pid_ns(inode);
 	pid_t tgid = task_tgid_nr_ns(current, ns);
 	char *name;
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static unsigned self_inum __ro_after_init;
 int proc_setup_self(struct super_block *s)
 {
 	struct inode *root_inode = d_inode(s->s_root);
-	struct pid_namespace *ns = s->s_fs_info;
+	struct pid_namespace *ns = proc_pid_ns(root_inode);
 	struct dentry *self;
 	
 	inode_lock(root_inode);
diff --git a/fs/proc/thread_self.c b/fs/proc/thread_self.c
index 9d2efaca499fd0b136cc518a20babf8919ba18b6..b905010ca9ebafe098766a66af8f99d96e4f4237 100644
--- a/fs/proc/thread_self.c
+++ b/fs/proc/thread_self.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ static const char *proc_thread_self_get_link(struct dentry *dentry,
 					     struct inode *inode,
 					     struct delayed_call *done)
 {
-	struct pid_namespace *ns = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
+	struct pid_namespace *ns = proc_pid_ns(inode);
 	pid_t tgid = task_tgid_nr_ns(current, ns);
 	pid_t pid = task_pid_nr_ns(current, ns);
 	char *name;
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static unsigned thread_self_inum __ro_after_init;
 int proc_setup_thread_self(struct super_block *s)
 {
 	struct inode *root_inode = d_inode(s->s_root);
-	struct pid_namespace *ns = s->s_fs_info;
+	struct pid_namespace *ns = proc_pid_ns(root_inode);
 	struct dentry *thread_self;
 
 	inode_lock(root_inode);
diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
index 928ef9e4d912513bcee0b366f4cf781d534d55cd..4edcde51063196088f1a6f97f6659f0175623ae8 100644
--- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
@@ -83,4 +83,10 @@ struct ns_common;
 int open_related_ns(struct ns_common *ns,
 		   struct ns_common *(*get_ns)(struct ns_common *ns));
 
+/* get the associated pid namespace for a file in procfs */
+static inline struct pid_namespace *proc_pid_ns(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
+}
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_PROC_FS_H */