diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index 8685263ccc4a7a..7efe59ed1ed83a 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ pid_t f_getown(struct file *filp)
 {
 	pid_t pid;
 	read_lock(&filp->f_owner.lock);
-	pid = pid_nr_ns(filp->f_owner.pid, current->nsproxy->pid_ns);
+	pid = pid_vnr(filp->f_owner.pid);
 	if (filp->f_owner.pid_type == PIDTYPE_PGID)
 		pid = -pid;
 	read_unlock(&filp->f_owner.lock);
diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index 49354b9c7dc123..f36f0e61558dab 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -658,8 +658,7 @@ posix_test_lock(struct file *filp, struct file_lock *fl)
 	if (cfl) {
 		__locks_copy_lock(fl, cfl);
 		if (cfl->fl_nspid)
-			fl->fl_pid = pid_nr_ns(cfl->fl_nspid,
-						task_active_pid_ns(current));
+			fl->fl_pid = pid_vnr(cfl->fl_nspid);
 	} else
 		fl->fl_type = F_UNLCK;
 	unlock_kernel();
@@ -2084,7 +2083,7 @@ static void lock_get_status(struct seq_file *f, struct file_lock *fl,
 	unsigned int fl_pid;
 
 	if (fl->fl_nspid)
-		fl_pid = pid_nr_ns(fl->fl_nspid, task_active_pid_ns(current));
+		fl_pid = pid_vnr(fl->fl_nspid);
 	else
 		fl_pid = fl->fl_pid;
 
diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index 6ca7b97114f3c5..147d50238c7b78 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -332,8 +332,7 @@ static ssize_t mqueue_read_file(struct file *filp, char __user *u_data,
 			(info->notify_owner &&
 			 info->notify.sigev_notify == SIGEV_SIGNAL) ?
 				info->notify.sigev_signo : 0,
-			pid_nr_ns(info->notify_owner,
-				current->nsproxy->pid_ns));
+			pid_vnr(info->notify_owner));
 	spin_unlock(&info->lock);
 	buffer[sizeof(buffer)-1] = '\0';
 	slen = strlen(buffer)+1;
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 2567de3487bd29..81345ba4b2530d 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@ static int wait_task_zombie(struct task_struct *p, int noreap,
 {
 	unsigned long state;
 	int retval, status, traced;
-	pid_t pid = task_pid_nr_ns(p, current->nsproxy->pid_ns);
+	pid_t pid = task_pid_vnr(p);
 
 	if (unlikely(noreap)) {
 		uid_t uid = p->uid;
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ static int wait_task_stopped(struct task_struct *p,
 	 * possibly take page faults for user memory.
 	 */
 	get_task_struct(p);
-	pid = task_pid_nr_ns(p, current->nsproxy->pid_ns);
+	pid = task_pid_vnr(p);
 	why = (p->ptrace & PT_PTRACED) ? CLD_TRAPPED : CLD_STOPPED;
 	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 
@@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@ static int wait_task_continued(struct task_struct *p, int noreap,
 		p->signal->flags &= ~SIGNAL_STOP_CONTINUED;
 	spin_unlock_irq(&p->sighand->siglock);
 
-	pid = task_pid_nr_ns(p, current->nsproxy->pid_ns);
+	pid = task_pid_vnr(p);
 	uid = p->uid;
 	get_task_struct(p);
 	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index ca54d9704644ba..31a2bad63a0823 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1488,13 +1488,7 @@ long do_fork(unsigned long clone_flags,
 	if (!IS_ERR(p)) {
 		struct completion vfork;
 
-		/*
-		 * this is enough to call pid_nr_ns here, but this if
-		 * improves optimisation of regular fork()
-		 */
-		nr = (clone_flags & CLONE_NEWPID) ?
-			task_pid_nr_ns(p, current->nsproxy->pid_ns) :
-				task_pid_vnr(p);
+		nr = task_pid_vnr(p);
 
 		if (clone_flags & CLONE_PARENT_SETTID)
 			put_user(nr, parent_tidptr);
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 5a61f8071b8eef..a626116af5db96 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -991,17 +991,14 @@ asmlinkage long sys_getpgid(pid_t pid)
 	else {
 		int retval;
 		struct task_struct *p;
-		struct pid_namespace *ns;
-
-		ns = current->nsproxy->pid_ns;
 
 		read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
-		p = find_task_by_pid_ns(pid, ns);
+		p = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
 		retval = -ESRCH;
 		if (p) {
 			retval = security_task_getpgid(p);
 			if (!retval)
-				retval = task_pgrp_nr_ns(p, ns);
+				retval = task_pgrp_vnr(p);
 		}
 		read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 		return retval;
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 9dadc9d88a03fe..89d963ffbb0178 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -2488,7 +2488,7 @@ static int proc_do_cad_pid(struct ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp
 	pid_t tmp;
 	int r;
 
-	tmp = pid_nr_ns(cad_pid, current->nsproxy->pid_ns);
+	tmp = pid_vnr(cad_pid);
 
 	r = __do_proc_dointvec(&tmp, table, write, filp, buffer,
 			       lenp, ppos, NULL, NULL);
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 70b29b59343f6e..1c4183cd8bdbb2 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_getppid(void)
 	int pid;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	pid = task_tgid_nr_ns(current->real_parent, current->nsproxy->pid_ns);
+	pid = task_tgid_vnr(current->real_parent);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return pid;