diff --git a/kernel/user.c b/kernel/user.c
index c0ef3a46443..97202cb29ad 100644
--- a/kernel/user.c
+++ b/kernel/user.c
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ struct user_struct *find_user(uid_t uid)
 {
 	struct user_struct *ret;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	struct user_namespace *ns = current_user()->user_ns;
+	struct user_namespace *ns = current_user_ns();
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&uidhash_lock, flags);
 	ret = uid_hash_find(uid, uidhashentry(ns, uid));