diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index eb82bdc6cf7cd05ccb8d79a01cab1d3c01d612c9..41c3303c33577df55d1b5b2a70c5a69a78025afe 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -613,7 +613,6 @@ static int unix_listen(struct socket *sock, int backlog)
 	int err;
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
 	struct unix_sock *u = unix_sk(sk);
-	struct pid *old_pid = NULL;
 
 	err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	if (sock->type != SOCK_STREAM && sock->type != SOCK_SEQPACKET)
@@ -634,7 +633,6 @@ static int unix_listen(struct socket *sock, int backlog)
 
 out_unlock:
 	unix_state_unlock(sk);
-	put_pid(old_pid);
 out:
 	return err;
 }