diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 8c38ee6d255eb04aa2ddab13b8d3e448b71dec53..96020d7087e8f131c3ebab3d6d0355cc595809fd 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ static int netlink_autobind(struct socket *sock)
 	struct hlist_head *head;
 	struct sock *osk;
 	struct hlist_node *node;
-	s32 pid = current->pid;
+	s32 pid = current->tgid;
 	int err;
 	static s32 rover = -4097;