diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index abfe24d..95f3596 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -2990,7 +2990,8 @@
 
 static int tiocspgrp(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_struct *real_tty, pid_t __user *p)
 {
-	pid_t pgrp;
+	struct pid *pgrp;
+	pid_t pgrp_nr;
 	int retval = tty_check_change(real_tty);
 
 	if (retval == -EIO)
@@ -3001,14 +3002,23 @@
 	    (current->signal->tty != real_tty) ||
 	    (real_tty->session != process_session(current)))
 		return -ENOTTY;
-	if (get_user(pgrp, p))
+	if (get_user(pgrp_nr, p))
 		return -EFAULT;
-	if (pgrp < 0)
+	if (pgrp_nr < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (session_of_pgrp(pgrp) != process_session(current))
-		return -EPERM;
-	real_tty->pgrp = pgrp;
-	return 0;
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	pgrp = find_pid(pgrp_nr);
+	retval = -ESRCH;
+	if (!pgrp)
+		goto out_unlock;
+	retval = -EPERM;
+	if (session_of_pgrp(pgrp) != task_session(current))
+		goto out_unlock;
+	retval = 0;
+	real_tty->pgrp = pgrp_nr;
+out_unlock:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	return retval;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 3531764..9ddf25c 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@
 extern int core_kernel_text(unsigned long addr);
 extern int __kernel_text_address(unsigned long addr);
 extern int kernel_text_address(unsigned long addr);
-extern int session_of_pgrp(int pgrp);
+struct pid;
+extern struct pid *session_of_pgrp(struct pid *pgrp);
 
 extern void dump_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, struct user *dump);
 
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 14f1703..3ac6a7a 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -185,21 +185,19 @@
  * This checks not only the pgrp, but falls back on the pid if no
  * satisfactory pgrp is found. I dunno - gdb doesn't work correctly
  * without this...
+ *
+ * The caller must hold rcu lock or the tasklist lock.
  */
-int session_of_pgrp(int pgrp)
+struct pid *session_of_pgrp(struct pid *pgrp)
 {
 	struct task_struct *p;
-	int sid = 0;
+	struct pid *sid = NULL;
 
-	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
-
-	p = find_task_by_pid_type(PIDTYPE_PGID, pgrp);
+	p = pid_task(pgrp, PIDTYPE_PGID);
 	if (p == NULL)
-		p = find_task_by_pid(pgrp);
+		p = pid_task(pgrp, PIDTYPE_PID);
 	if (p != NULL)
-		sid = process_session(p);
-
-	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+		sid = task_session(p);
 
 	return sid;
 }