diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 0a3757067631413e97ff1d843364321027be32b2..71e1a523e20931685b318cde94a1f1f70bfd9300 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1323,12 +1323,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(migrate_pages, pid_t, pid, unsigned long, maxnode,
 		err = -ESRCH;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	mm = get_task_mm(task);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	get_task_struct(task);
 
 	err = -EINVAL;
-	if (!mm)
-		goto out;
 
 	/*
 	 * Check if this process has the right to modify the specified
@@ -1336,14 +1333,13 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(migrate_pages, pid_t, pid, unsigned long, maxnode,
 	 * capabilities, superuser privileges or the same
 	 * userid as the target process.
 	 */
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	tcred = __task_cred(task);
 	if (cred->euid != tcred->suid && cred->euid != tcred->uid &&
 	    cred->uid  != tcred->suid && cred->uid  != tcred->uid &&
 	    !capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) {
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		err = -EPERM;
-		goto out;
+		goto out_put;
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
@@ -1351,26 +1347,36 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(migrate_pages, pid_t, pid, unsigned long, maxnode,
 	/* Is the user allowed to access the target nodes? */
 	if (!nodes_subset(*new, task_nodes) && !capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) {
 		err = -EPERM;
-		goto out;
+		goto out_put;
 	}
 
 	if (!nodes_subset(*new, node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY])) {
 		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
+		goto out_put;
 	}
 
 	err = security_task_movememory(task);
 	if (err)
-		goto out;
+		goto out_put;
 
-	err = do_migrate_pages(mm, old, new,
-		capable(CAP_SYS_NICE) ? MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL : MPOL_MF_MOVE);
-out:
+	mm = get_task_mm(task);
+	put_task_struct(task);
 	if (mm)
-		mmput(mm);
+		err = do_migrate_pages(mm, old, new,
+			capable(CAP_SYS_NICE) ? MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL : MPOL_MF_MOVE);
+	else
+		err = -EINVAL;
+
+	mmput(mm);
+out:
 	NODEMASK_SCRATCH_FREE(scratch);
 
 	return err;
+
+out_put:
+	put_task_struct(task);
+	goto out;
+
 }
 
 
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 1503b6b54ecbd1817e6e92968d40c404a6e90f75..51c08a0c6f68ac6e78d09568bd270ad95aac7622 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -1174,20 +1174,17 @@ static int do_move_page_to_node_array(struct mm_struct *mm,
  * Migrate an array of page address onto an array of nodes and fill
  * the corresponding array of status.
  */
-static int do_pages_move(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *task,
+static int do_pages_move(struct mm_struct *mm, nodemask_t task_nodes,
 			 unsigned long nr_pages,
 			 const void __user * __user *pages,
 			 const int __user *nodes,
 			 int __user *status, int flags)
 {
 	struct page_to_node *pm;
-	nodemask_t task_nodes;
 	unsigned long chunk_nr_pages;
 	unsigned long chunk_start;
 	int err;
 
-	task_nodes = cpuset_mems_allowed(task);
-
 	err = -ENOMEM;
 	pm = (struct page_to_node *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pm)
@@ -1349,6 +1346,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(move_pages, pid_t, pid, unsigned long, nr_pages,
 	struct task_struct *task;
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
 	int err;
+	nodemask_t task_nodes;
 
 	/* Check flags */
 	if (flags & ~(MPOL_MF_MOVE|MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL))
@@ -1364,11 +1362,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(move_pages, pid_t, pid, unsigned long, nr_pages,
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		return -ESRCH;
 	}
-	mm = get_task_mm(task);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-
-	if (!mm)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	get_task_struct(task);
 
 	/*
 	 * Check if this process has the right to modify the specified
@@ -1376,7 +1370,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(move_pages, pid_t, pid, unsigned long, nr_pages,
 	 * capabilities, superuser privileges or the same
 	 * userid as the target process.
 	 */
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	tcred = __task_cred(task);
 	if (cred->euid != tcred->suid && cred->euid != tcred->uid &&
 	    cred->uid  != tcred->suid && cred->uid  != tcred->uid &&
@@ -1391,16 +1384,25 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(move_pages, pid_t, pid, unsigned long, nr_pages,
  	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (nodes) {
-		err = do_pages_move(mm, task, nr_pages, pages, nodes, status,
-				    flags);
-	} else {
-		err = do_pages_stat(mm, nr_pages, pages, status);
-	}
+	task_nodes = cpuset_mems_allowed(task);
+	mm = get_task_mm(task);
+	put_task_struct(task);
+
+	if (mm) {
+		if (nodes)
+			err = do_pages_move(mm, task_nodes, nr_pages, pages,
+					    nodes, status, flags);
+		else
+			err = do_pages_stat(mm, nr_pages, pages, status);
+	} else
+		err = -EINVAL;
 
-out:
 	mmput(mm);
 	return err;
+
+out:
+	put_task_struct(task);
+	return err;
 }
 
 /*