diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_devcoredump.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_devcoredump.c
index 62c2b10fbf1d..d8d8ca2c19d3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_devcoredump.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_devcoredump.c
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ static void devcoredump_snapshot(struct xe_devcoredump *coredump,
 	u32 adj_logical_mask = q->logical_mask;
 	u32 width_mask = (0x1 << q->width) - 1;
 	const char *process_name = "no process";
-	struct task_struct *task = NULL;
 
 	int i;
 	bool cookie;
@@ -179,14 +178,9 @@ static void devcoredump_snapshot(struct xe_devcoredump *coredump,
 	ss->snapshot_time = ktime_get_real();
 	ss->boot_time = ktime_get_boottime();
 
-	if (q->vm && q->vm->xef) {
-		task = get_pid_task(q->vm->xef->drm->pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
-		if (task)
-			process_name = task->comm;
-	}
+	if (q->vm && q->vm->xef)
+		process_name = q->vm->xef->process_name;
 	strscpy(ss->process_name, process_name);
-	if (task)
-		put_task_struct(task);
 
 	ss->gt = q->gt;
 	INIT_WORK(&ss->work, xe_devcoredump_deferred_snap_work);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
index b677608eb592..1aba6f9eaa19 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ static int xe_file_open(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file)
 	struct xe_drm_client *client;
 	struct xe_file *xef;
 	int ret = -ENOMEM;
+	struct task_struct *task = NULL;
 
 	xef = kzalloc(sizeof(*xef), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!xef)
@@ -92,6 +93,13 @@ static int xe_file_open(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file)
 	file->driver_priv = xef;
 	kref_init(&xef->refcount);
 
+	task = get_pid_task(rcu_access_pointer(file->pid), PIDTYPE_PID);
+	if (task) {
+		xef->process_name = kstrdup(task->comm, GFP_KERNEL);
+		xef->pid = task->pid;
+		put_task_struct(task);
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -110,6 +118,7 @@ static void xe_file_destroy(struct kref *ref)
 	spin_unlock(&xe->clients.lock);
 
 	xe_drm_client_put(xef->client);
+	kfree(xef->process_name);
 	kfree(xef);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h
index 36252d5b1663..5b7292a9a66d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h
@@ -582,6 +582,18 @@ struct xe_file {
 	/** @client: drm client */
 	struct xe_drm_client *client;
 
+	/**
+	 * @process_name: process name for file handle, used to safely output
+	 * during error situations where xe file can outlive process
+	 */
+	char *process_name;
+
+	/**
+	 * @pid: pid for file handle, used to safely output uring error
+	 * situations where xe file can outlive process
+	 */
+	pid_t pid;
+
 	/** @refcount: ref count of this xe file */
 	struct kref refcount;
 };
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
index da2ead86b9ae..a4570631926f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
@@ -1072,7 +1072,6 @@ guc_exec_queue_timedout_job(struct drm_sched_job *drm_job)
 	struct xe_gpu_scheduler *sched = &q->guc->sched;
 	struct xe_guc *guc = exec_queue_to_guc(q);
 	const char *process_name = "no process";
-	struct task_struct *task = NULL;
 	int err = -ETIME;
 	pid_t pid = -1;
 	int i = 0;
@@ -1172,17 +1171,12 @@ guc_exec_queue_timedout_job(struct drm_sched_job *drm_job)
 	}
 
 	if (q->vm && q->vm->xef) {
-		task = get_pid_task(q->vm->xef->drm->pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
-		if (task) {
-			process_name = task->comm;
-			pid = task->pid;
-		}
+		process_name = q->vm->xef->process_name;
+		pid = q->vm->xef->pid;
 	}
 	xe_gt_notice(guc_to_gt(guc), "Timedout job: seqno=%u, lrc_seqno=%u, guc_id=%d, flags=0x%lx in %s [%d]",
 		     xe_sched_job_seqno(job), xe_sched_job_lrc_seqno(job),
 		     q->guc->id, q->flags, process_name, pid);
-	if (task)
-		put_task_struct(task);
 
 	trace_xe_sched_job_timedout(job);