diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 0734db8..8c92720 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -1235,7 +1235,6 @@
 	struct iovec iovstack[UIO_FASTIOV], iovec;
 	struct iovec *iov = iovstack;
 	struct iov_iter iter;
-	struct pid *pid;
 	struct task_struct *task;
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
 	size_t total_len;
@@ -1250,18 +1249,12 @@
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	pid = pidfd_get_pid(pidfd, &f_flags);
-	if (IS_ERR(pid)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(pid);
+	task = pidfd_get_task(pidfd, &f_flags);
+	if (IS_ERR(task)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(task);
 		goto free_iov;
 	}
 
-	task = get_pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
-	if (!task) {
-		ret = -ESRCH;
-		goto put_pid;
-	}
-
 	if (!process_madvise_behavior_valid(behavior)) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto release_task;
@@ -1301,8 +1294,6 @@
 	mmput(mm);
 release_task:
 	put_task_struct(task);
-put_pid:
-	put_pid(pid);
 free_iov:
 	kfree(iov);
 out:
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 831340e..70d399d 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -1151,21 +1151,14 @@
 	struct task_struct *p;
 	unsigned int f_flags;
 	bool reap = true;
-	struct pid *pid;
 	long ret = 0;
 
 	if (flags)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	pid = pidfd_get_pid(pidfd, &f_flags);
-	if (IS_ERR(pid))
-		return PTR_ERR(pid);
-
-	task = get_pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_TGID);
-	if (!task) {
-		ret = -ESRCH;
-		goto put_pid;
-	}
+	task = pidfd_get_task(pidfd, &f_flags);
+	if (IS_ERR(task))
+		return PTR_ERR(task);
 
 	/*
 	 * Make sure to choose a thread which still has a reference to mm
@@ -1204,8 +1197,6 @@
 	mmdrop(mm);
 put_task:
 	put_task_struct(task);
-put_pid:
-	put_pid(pid);
 	return ret;
 #else
 	return -ENOSYS;