diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
index b0eb721fcfb5..289ff0caa83e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
@@ -3318,7 +3318,9 @@ int bpf_uprobe_multi_link_attach(const union bpf_attr *attr, struct bpf_prog *pr
 	}
 
 	if (pid) {
+		rcu_read_lock();
 		task = get_pid_task(find_vpid(pid), PIDTYPE_TGID);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		if (!task) {
 			err = -ESRCH;
 			goto error_path_put;