diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
index 036cd275c53e876635fe3716742f43e1b6475e65..e84faecf52251e49efdb8c53b2ccca345299dd8d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ static int drm_open_helper(struct file *filp, struct drm_minor *minor)
 
 	filp->private_data = priv;
 	priv->filp = filp;
-	priv->uid = current_euid();
 	priv->pid = get_pid(task_pid(current));
 	priv->minor = minor;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_info.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_info.c
index 9ae353f4dd06a562cd226292e6e53b0b5517c5d5..1df2d33d0b40ed43e0cbd4623e014851b34ce581 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_info.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_info.c
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ int drm_clients_info(struct seq_file *m, void *data)
 	struct drm_info_node *node = (struct drm_info_node *) m->private;
 	struct drm_device *dev = node->minor->dev;
 	struct drm_file *priv;
+	kuid_t uid;
 
 	seq_printf(m,
 		   "%20s %5s %3s master a %5s %10s\n",
@@ -98,13 +99,14 @@ int drm_clients_info(struct seq_file *m, void *data)
 
 		rcu_read_lock(); /* locks pid_task()->comm */
 		task = pid_task(priv->pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
+		uid = task ? __task_cred(task)->euid : GLOBAL_ROOT_UID;
 		seq_printf(m, "%20s %5d %3d   %c    %c %5d %10u\n",
 			   task ? task->comm : "<unknown>",
 			   pid_vnr(priv->pid),
 			   priv->minor->index,
 			   drm_is_current_master(priv) ? 'y' : 'n',
 			   priv->authenticated ? 'y' : 'n',
-			   from_kuid_munged(seq_user_ns(m), priv->uid),
+			   from_kuid_munged(seq_user_ns(m), uid),
 			   priv->magic);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
diff --git a/include/drm/drmP.h b/include/drm/drmP.h
index 94eb138753a98be2be27bd06188adc14a02030f7..14f191f0172c2563f13946f319df5a1d4a6b7345 100644
--- a/include/drm/drmP.h
+++ b/include/drm/drmP.h
@@ -379,7 +379,6 @@ struct drm_file {
 	unsigned is_master:1;
 
 	struct pid *pid;
-	kuid_t uid;
 	drm_magic_t magic;
 	struct list_head lhead;
 	struct drm_minor *minor;