diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 46ea5d56e1bb9bd7a3cf60e163d2e9951832d50d..d0921944e68c70e851197c86fb205c69b2fe51ff 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -204,12 +204,17 @@ static int proc_pid_environ(struct task_struct *task, char * buffer)
 	int res = 0;
 	struct mm_struct *mm = get_task_mm(task);
 	if (mm) {
-		unsigned int len = mm->env_end - mm->env_start;
+		unsigned int len;
+
+		res = -ESRCH;
+		if (!ptrace_may_attach(task))
+			goto out;
+
+		len  = mm->env_end - mm->env_start;
 		if (len > PAGE_SIZE)
 			len = PAGE_SIZE;
 		res = access_process_vm(task, mm->env_start, buffer, len, 0);
-		if (!ptrace_may_attach(task))
-			res = -ESRCH;
+out:
 		mmput(mm);
 	}
 	return res;