diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 0c9de19a1633820856dae04bf71c21c3bed14da8..cc6ea2329e71f4f086e4949a6fb46a94a5e3de56 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -3066,7 +3066,6 @@ static int proc_task_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldi
 	int retval = -ENOENT;
 	ino_t ino;
 	int tid;
-	unsigned long pos = filp->f_pos;  /* avoiding "long long" filp->f_pos */
 	struct pid_namespace *ns;
 
 	task = get_proc_task(inode);
@@ -3083,18 +3082,18 @@ static int proc_task_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldi
 		goto out_no_task;
 	retval = 0;
 
-	switch (pos) {
+	switch (filp->f_pos) {
 	case 0:
 		ino = inode->i_ino;
-		if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, pos, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
+		if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, filp->f_pos, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
 			goto out;
-		pos++;
+		filp->f_pos++;
 		/* fall through */
 	case 1:
 		ino = parent_ino(dentry);
-		if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, pos, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
+		if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, filp->f_pos, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
 			goto out;
-		pos++;
+		filp->f_pos++;
 		/* fall through */
 	}
 
@@ -3104,9 +3103,9 @@ static int proc_task_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldi
 	ns = filp->f_dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
 	tid = (int)filp->f_version;
 	filp->f_version = 0;
-	for (task = first_tid(leader, tid, pos - 2, ns);
+	for (task = first_tid(leader, tid, filp->f_pos - 2, ns);
 	     task;
-	     task = next_tid(task), pos++) {
+	     task = next_tid(task), filp->f_pos++) {
 		tid = task_pid_nr_ns(task, ns);
 		if (proc_task_fill_cache(filp, dirent, filldir, task, tid) < 0) {
 			/* returning this tgid failed, save it as the first
@@ -3117,7 +3116,6 @@ static int proc_task_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldi
 		}
 	}
 out:
-	filp->f_pos = pos;
 	put_task_struct(leader);
 out_no_task:
 	return retval;