diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index 7b6608df2ee8..093c973f1697 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -183,17 +183,14 @@ pid_t vm_is_stack(struct task_struct *task,
 
 	if (in_group) {
 		struct task_struct *t;
-		rcu_read_lock();
-		if (!pid_alive(task))
-			goto done;
 
-		t = task;
-		do {
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		for_each_thread(task, t) {
 			if (vm_is_stack_for_task(t, vma)) {
 				ret = t->pid;
 				goto done;
 			}
-		} while_each_thread(task, t);
+		}
 done:
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}