diff --git a/security/apparmor/lsm.c b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
index 8855fb4b8834..0182b09cc8a0 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/lsm.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
@@ -823,25 +823,23 @@ static int apparmor_getprocattr(struct task_struct *task, const char *name,
 				char **value)
 {
 	int error = -ENOENT;
-	/* released below */
-	const struct cred *cred = get_task_cred(task);
-	struct aa_task_ctx *ctx = task_ctx(current);
 	struct aa_label *label = NULL;
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	if (strcmp(name, "current") == 0)
-		label = aa_get_newest_label(cred_label(cred));
-	else if (strcmp(name, "prev") == 0  && ctx->previous)
-		label = aa_get_newest_label(ctx->previous);
-	else if (strcmp(name, "exec") == 0 && ctx->onexec)
-		label = aa_get_newest_label(ctx->onexec);
+		label = aa_get_newest_cred_label(__task_cred(task));
+	else if (strcmp(name, "prev") == 0  && task_ctx(task)->previous)
+		label = aa_get_newest_label(task_ctx(task)->previous);
+	else if (strcmp(name, "exec") == 0 && task_ctx(task)->onexec)
+		label = aa_get_newest_label(task_ctx(task)->onexec);
 	else
 		error = -EINVAL;
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	if (label)
 		error = aa_getprocattr(label, value, true);
 
 	aa_put_label(label);
-	put_cred(cred);
 
 	return error;
 }