diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9e2a3acb26cf..c2c6a3580e8a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 VERSION = 3
 PATCHLEVEL = 16
-SUBLEVEL = 70
+SUBLEVEL = 71
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Museum of Fishiegoodies
 
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 694e650e962d..22beef3e2160 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -80,9 +80,7 @@ void __ptrace_link(struct task_struct *child, struct task_struct *new_parent,
  */
 static void ptrace_link(struct task_struct *child, struct task_struct *new_parent)
 {
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	__ptrace_link(child, new_parent, __task_cred(new_parent));
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	__ptrace_link(child, new_parent, current_cred());
 }
 
 /**
