diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 42136dd453d1..e13bc518b444 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1045,35 +1045,33 @@ asmlinkage long sys_getsid(pid_t pid)
 asmlinkage long sys_setsid(void)
 {
 	struct task_struct *group_leader = current->group_leader;
-	pid_t session;
+	struct pid *sid = task_pid(group_leader);
+	pid_t session = pid_vnr(sid);
 	int err = -EPERM;
 
 	write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
-
 	/* Fail if I am already a session leader */
 	if (group_leader->signal->leader)
 		goto out;
 
-	session = group_leader->pid;
-	/* Fail if a process group id already exists that equals the
-	 * proposed session id.
+	/* Fail if a process group id already exists that equals the proposed
+	 * session id.
 	 *
-	 * Don't check if session id == 1 because kernel threads use this
-	 * session id and so the check will always fail and make it so
-	 * init cannot successfully call setsid.
+	 * Don't check if session == 1 because kernel threads and CLONE_NEWPID
+	 * tasks use this session id and so the check will always fail and make
+	 * it so init cannot successfully call setsid.
 	 */
-	if (session > 1 && find_task_by_pid_type_ns(PIDTYPE_PGID,
-				session, &init_pid_ns))
+	if (session != 1 && pid_task(sid, PIDTYPE_PGID))
 		goto out;
 
 	group_leader->signal->leader = 1;
-	__set_special_pids(session, session);
+	__set_special_pids(pid_nr(sid), pid_nr(sid));
 
 	spin_lock(&group_leader->sighand->siglock);
 	group_leader->signal->tty = NULL;
 	spin_unlock(&group_leader->sighand->siglock);
 
-	err = task_pgrp_vnr(group_leader);
+	err = session;
 out:
 	write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 	return err;