diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 3954f50805b8ae2b6e0254615d24344cf6d27dc8..97af285c63e152b13334e9fb40ad4966e6ec08c7 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -1755,9 +1755,9 @@ int pid_getattr(const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat,
 
 	generic_fillattr(inode, stat);
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	stat->uid = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID;
 	stat->gid = GLOBAL_ROOT_GID;
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	task = pid_task(proc_pid(inode), PIDTYPE_PID);
 	if (task) {
 		if (!has_pid_permissions(pid, task, HIDEPID_INVISIBLE)) {